dagger fern

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   North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds

   SynonymsChristmas ferncanker brakeevergreen wood fernPolystichum acrostichoides

   Broaderfern

   Part ofPolystichum

Questions about dagger fern

What does dagger fern mean?

dagger fern means "North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds".

What is another word for dagger fern?

Close synonyms include Christmas fern, canker brake, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoides. 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 dagger fern a common word?

dagger 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.