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dagger fern

DEFINITIONS OF: dagger fern

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n North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds

Synonyms:
Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, canker brake, evergreen wood fern
Type of:
fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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