English noun: buckler fern | |||
| 1. | buckler fern (plant) any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | ||
| Synonyms | shield fern | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fern | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata, Dryopteris goldiana, Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern, Polystichum setiferum, soft shield fern | ||
| Member meronym | Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae | ||