genus polystichum
English Thesaurus
1. small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fern genus, |
| definition | : | genera of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | canker brake, christmas fern, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, polystichum acrostichoides, |
| definition | : | North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | holly fern, |
| definition | : | any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | polystichum setiferum, soft shield fern, |
| definition | : | European shield fern cultivated in many varieties (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | athyriaceae, dryopteridaceae, family athyriaceae, family dryopteridaceae, |
| definition | : | alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant) |
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