Word

shield fern, n.

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

semantic pointers

hypernym

fern

member holonym

Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae

hyponym

broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana soft shield fern, Polystichum setiferum