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buckler fern
(redirected from broad buckler ferns)

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buckler fern
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris, such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae
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Noun1.buckler fern - any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the soribuckler fern - any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae - alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata - European shield fern
Dryopteris goldiana, Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern - North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe
Polystichum setiferum, soft shield fern - European shield fern cultivated in many varieties


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A few broad buckler ferns were flourishing, protected from the cold by the understorey of rhododendrons that give shelter to so much of the wildlife here.
 
 
 
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