Shield-fern
noun
1.
any of numerous ferns of the genera Dryopteris and Polystichum, having shield-shaped indusia.
noun
1.
any temperate woodland fern of the genus Polystichum having shield-shaped flaps covering the spore-producing bodies: family Aspleniaceae
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