broad buckler-fern

1. 1.

   European shield fern

   SynonymsDryopteris dilatata

   Broadershield fern

   Part ofDryopteris

Questions about broad buckler-fern

What does broad buckler-fern mean?

broad buckler-fern means "European shield fern".

What is another word for broad buckler-fern?

Close synonyms include Dryopteris dilatata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broad buckler-fern a common word?

broad buckler-fern is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.