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POLYSTICHUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
Synonyms:
genus Polystichum; Polystichum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Polystichum" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Polystichum"):
canker brake; Christmas fern; dagger fern; evergreen wood fern; Polystichum acrostichoides (North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds)
holly fern (any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly)
Polystichum setiferum; soft shield fern (European shield fern cultivated in many varieties)
Holonyms ("Polystichum" 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)
