Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun holly_fern

2 senses of holly fern

Sense 1
holly fern -- (any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Sense 2
holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum -- (tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)