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Noun: prickly shield fern
  1. North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
    - Braun's holly fern, Polystichum braunii

Derived forms: prickly shield ferns

Type of: holly fern

Encyclopedia: Prickly shield fern

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