broad buckler-fern

Definitions of broad buckler-fern
  1. noun
    European shield fern
    synonyms: Dryopteris dilatata
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    type of:
    buckler fern, shield fern
    any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
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