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Definition of Shield fern
1. Noun. Any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae
Specialized synonyms: Broad Buckler-fern, Dryopteris Dilatata, Dryopteris Goldiana, Goldie's Fern, Goldie's Shield Fern, Goldie's Wood Fern, Polystichum Setiferum, Soft Shield Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shield Fern
Literary usage of Shield fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Fragrant Shield-fern. Aspidium fragrans Sw. Crevices of shaded cliffs. ...
Spinulose Shield-fern. Aspidium spinulosum Sw. Shady woods. ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1903)
"This puts the facts concerning hybridization in a new and unexpected light.
THE FRAGRANT shield fern.—I have found the fragrant shield fern ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1855)
"The following remarks on a case of this kind illustrate his views:] She was
ordered £)ij of the aetherial extract of the male shield fern, to be followed in ..."
4. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1854)
"Crested Shield-Fern. Frond nearly bipinnate, lanceolate-ovate; leaflets subcordate,
... Lancaster Shield-Fern.—Stipe with a few large, oblong, torn scales, ..."
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