
Meaning of HOLLY FERN
| Pronunciation: | | 'hâlee furn
|
|
|
|   |
WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum
- [n] any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
|
|   |
| | Synonyms: | | Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum |
|   |
| | See Also: | | Braun's holly fern, fern, genus Polystichum, northern holly fern, Polystichum, Polystichum braunii, Polystichum lonchitis, Polystichum scopulinum, prickly shield fern, western holly fern | |
|
|