SOFT SHIELD FERN

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Meaning:

European shield fern cultivated in many varieties

Synonyms:

Polystichum setiferum; soft shield fern

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("soft shield fern" is a kind of...):

buckler fern; shield fern (any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori)

Holonyms ("soft shield fern" is a member of...):

genus Polystichum; Polystichum (small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)

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