1. North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
   - canker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoides

Derived forms: Christmas ferns

Type of: fern

Part of: genus Polystichum, Polystichum

Encyclopedia: Christmas fern

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