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Noun shield fern has 1 sense
  1. shield fern, buckler fern - any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
    --1 is a kind of fern
    --1 is a member of
     Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae
     --1 has particulars:
     broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata; Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana; soft shield fern, Polystichum setiferum
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