aspidium /a-spidˈi-əm/ (botany)

Any one of the shield-fern genus (Aspidium) of ferns (including those usu divided between the genera Dryopteris, Polystichum and Tectaria), having a shield-shaped or kidney-shaped indusium

aspidˈioid adjective

• swell-mobsmen
• swell organ
• swell organs
• swells
• swelt
• swelted
• swelter
• sweltered
• sweltering
• swelterings
• swelters
• swelting
• sweltrier
• sweltriest
• sweltry
• climatology
• climature
• climatures
• climax
• climax community
• climaxed
• climaxes
• climaxing
• climb
• climbable