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Noun: buckler fern  búk-lu(r) furn
  1. Any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris, Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
    - shield fern

Derived forms: buckler ferns

Type of: fern

Part of: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae

Encyclopedia: Buckler fern