noun
small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
• Syn: ↑Polystichum
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.