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    GENUS POLYSTICHUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Polystichum; Polystichum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Polystichum" is a kind of...):

    fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Polystichum"):

    canker brake; Christmas fern; dagger fern; evergreen wood fern; Polystichum acrostichoides (North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds)

    holly fern (any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly)

    Polystichum setiferum; soft shield fern (European shield fern cultivated in many varieties)

    Holonyms ("genus Polystichum" is a member of...):

    Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)

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