polystichum aculeatum

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   tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum

   Synonymsholly fernCyrtomium aculeatum

   Broaderfern

Questions about polystichum aculeatum

What does polystichum aculeatum mean?

polystichum aculeatum means "tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum".

What is another word for polystichum aculeatum?

Close synonyms include holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum. 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 polystichum aculeatum a common word?

polystichum aculeatum 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.