1. North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
   - prickly shield fern, Polystichum braunii

Type of: holly fern

• transcultural
• transcutaneous
• transdermal
• transdermal patch
• transdermic
• transduce
• transducer
• transducing vector
• transduction
• transect
• transept
• transeunt
• transexual
• transfer
• transfer agent
• transfer of training
• transfer paper
• transfer payment
• transfer RNA
• transfer tax
• transferability
• transferable
• transferase
• transferee
• transference