Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An eastern North American evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds.
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- noun An
evergreen fern (Polystichumacrostichoides ) of easternNorth America .
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- noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[So called because the fronds remain green in winter and were formerly much used as Christmas decorations.]
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Christmas + fern
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