SOFT SHIELD FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soft shield fern mean? 

• SOFT SHIELD FERN (noun)
  The noun SOFT SHIELD FERN has 1 sense:

1. European shield fern cultivated in many varieties

  Familiarity information: SOFT SHIELD FERN used as a noun is very rare.

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• SOFT SHIELD FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

European shield fern cultivated in many varieties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Polystichum setiferum; soft shield fern

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)