Definition of Polystichum aculeatum

1. Noun. Tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum.

Exact synonyms: Cyrtomium Aculeatum, Holly Fern
Generic synonyms: Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polystichum Aculeatum

Polypodiales
Polypodium aureum
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Polypodium polypodioides
Polypodium scouleri
Polypodium virgianum
Polypodium vulgare
Polyporus frondosus
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus tenuiculus
Polyprion
Polyprion americanus
Polysphondylium
Polystichum
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum aculeatum
Polystichum adiantiformis
Polystichum braunii
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Polystichum setiferum
Pomacanthus
Pomacentridae
Pomacentrus
Pomacentrus leucostictus
Pomaderris
Pomaderris apetala
Pomatomidae
Pomatomus
Pomatomus saltatrix

Literary usage of Polystichum aculeatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"About fifteen years ago the endeavour wns made to cross polystichum aculeatum with Polystichum angulare, and when the seedlings had become mature (seven ..."

2. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1862)
"polystichum aculeatum, Roth, Fil. Germ. iti. p. 79. Moore, Br. Fern», Nat. ... polystichum aculeatum, in part, Moore, Brit. Ferns. Nat. Print, t. 10. ..."

3. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"The polydactylous character of Polystichum angulare has also been transferred to polystichum aculeatum. There are now four clearly established cases in ..."

4. The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and by Samuel William King (1858)
"polystichum aculeatum, I may add, never occurred but in two solitary instances in all our tour, and those of true typical form. ..."

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