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

• flick
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• flicker
• flickering
• flickertail
• flier
• flies
• flight
• flight attendant
• flight control
• flight deck
• flight engineer
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• flight indicator
• flight line
• flight maneuver
• flight manoeuvre
• flight of stairs
• flight of steps
• flight path
• flight recorder
• flight simulator
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