Shield fern Moderate

Shield fern has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

1

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

shield fern buckler fern

2

Certain of the ferns of three genera:

3

Dryopteris (buckler ferns)

See Also

buckler fern polystichum dryopteris

Related Terms

buckler fern polystichum dryopteris

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

fern

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

broad buckler-fern Goldie's fern soft shield fern

Rhyming Words

ern bern tern dern kern yern vern wern hern pern fern gern cern ahern stern thern scern quern altern astern

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