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Christmas fern
Christmas fernn. An eastern North American evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds.
[So called because the fronds remain green in winter and were formerly much used as Christmas decorations.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Christmas fern - North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped frondscanker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoidesfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Polystichum, Polystichum - small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae |
Christmas fern
Christmas fern: see fernfern,
any plant of the division Polypodiophyta. Fern species, numbering several thousand, are found throughout the world but are especially abundant in tropical rain forests. The ferns and their relatives (e.g.
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Related to Christmas fern: lady fernSynonyms for Christmas fernnoun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped frondsSynonyms- canker brake
- dagger fern
- evergreen wood fern
- Polystichum acrostichoides
Related Words- fern
- genus Polystichum
- Polystichum
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