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canker brake

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canker brake  
n.  See Christmas fern.
Christmas fern  
n.  A North American evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds. Also called canker brake, dagger fern.
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canker brake

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