Christmas fern

Christmas fern

noun
an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
Also called dagger fern.


Origin:
1875–80
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christmas fern

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