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    PRICKLY SHIELD FERN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scalesplay

    Synonyms:

    Braun's holly fern; Polystichum braunii; prickly shield fern

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("prickly shield fern" is a kind of...):

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

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