Associations to the word «Polystichum»

Wiktionary

POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Dryopteridaceae   — the Christmas fern.

Dictionary definition

POLYSTICHUM, noun. Small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae.

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