genus polystichum

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   small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae

   SynonymsPolystichum

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofDryopteridaceae

Questions about genus polystichum

What does genus polystichum mean?

genus polystichum means "small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae".

What is another word for genus polystichum?

Close synonyms include Polystichum. 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 genus polystichum a common word?

genus polystichum 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.