soft shield fern

/sɔft ʃild fərn/
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Definitions of soft shield fern
  1. noun
    European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
    synonyms: Polystichum setiferum
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    type 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
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