SHIELD FERN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
   Synonym(s)
   • buckler fern (what does buckler fern mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) shield fern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fern (what does fern mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • broad buckler-fern (what does broad buckler-fern mean?)
   • Dryopteris dilatata (what does Dryopteris dilatata mean?)
   • Goldie’s fern (what does Goldie’s fern mean?)
   • Goldie’s shield fern (what does Goldie’s shield fern mean?)
   • goldie’s wood fern (what does goldie’s wood fern mean?)
   • Dryopteris goldiana (what does Dryopteris goldiana mean?)
   • soft shield fern (what does soft shield fern mean?)
   • Polystichum setiferum (what does Polystichum setiferum mean?)