| / English Dictionary |
SHIELD FERN
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
Synonyms:
buckler fern; shield fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shield fern" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shield fern"):
broad buckler-fern; Dryopteris dilatata (European shield fern)
Dryopteris goldiana; Goldie's fern; Goldie's shield fern; goldie's wood fern (North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe)
Polystichum setiferum; soft shield fern (European shield fern cultivated in many varieties)
Holonyms ("shield fern" is a member of...):
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
