1. small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae; [syn: Polystichum, genus Polystichum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Polystichum
n 1: small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly
ferns; in some classification systems placed in
Polypodiaceae [syn: Polystichum, genus Polystichum]