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Braun's holly fern

noun

North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales

• Syn: ↑prickly shield fern, ↑Polystichum braunii

• Hypernyms: ↑holly fern

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\\ˈbrau̇nz-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: after Alexander Braun died 1877 German botanist

: prickly shield fern

Useful english dictionary. 2012.