evergreen wood fern

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsChristmas ferncanker brakedagger fernPolystichum acrostichoides

   Broaderfern

   Part ofPolystichum
2. 2.

   North American fern with evergreen fronds

   Synonymsmarginal wood fernleatherleaf wood fernDryopteris marginalis

   Broaderwood fern

Questions about evergreen wood fern

What does evergreen wood fern mean?

evergreen wood fern means "North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for evergreen wood fern?

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

evergreen wood 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.