Polystichum
noun
Po·lys·ti·chum
-kəm
: a genus of chiefly northern ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having lanceolate pinnate or bipinnate often evergreen fronds with the veins free and the indusia lacking sinuses and centrally peltate see christmas fern , holly fern
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek polystichon, neuter of polystichos of many rows, of many lines