PRICKLY SHIELD FERN

Meaning of PRICKLY SHIELD FERN in English

noun

: a No. American fern ( Polystichum braunii ) having its almost coriaceous more or less evergreen fronds densely chaffy with pale brown scales

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FERN — filice
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PRICKLY — adjective (pricklier; -est) Date: 1578 full of or covered with prickles, marked by prickling ; stinging , 3. troublesome , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FERN — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fearn; akin to Old High German farn ~, Sanskrit parṇa wing, leaf Date: …
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FERN — Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering spores . Though ferns were once classified with the primitive horsetails …
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SHIELD — I. ˈshē(ə)ld noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sheld, shild, from Old English scield, sceld, scyld, scild; akin to …
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PRICKLY — ˈpriklē, -li adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: prickle (I) + -y 1. a. : full of sharp points or prickles …
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FERN — ˈfərn, ˈfə̄n, ˈfəin noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English fern, ferne, from Old English fearn; akin …
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PRICKLY — (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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FERN — (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. …
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FERN — (a.) Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes." [saints].
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FERN — (adv.) Long ago.
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PRICKLY — ( a. ) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIELD — — shielder , n. — shieldless , adj. — shieldlessly , adv. — shieldlessness , n. — shieldlike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRICKLY — — prickliness , n. /prik"lee/ , adj., pricklier, prickliest . 1. full of or armed with prickles. 2. full of …
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FERN — /ferrn/ , n. a female given name.
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FERN — — fernless , adj. — fernlike , adj. /ferrn/ , n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, …
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PRICKLY — adj. stinging, piercing, stabbing; full of difficulties, tricky
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FERN — n. type of seedless nonflowering plant
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SHIELD — I. ˈshēld noun Etymology: Middle English sheld, from Old English scield; akin to Old High German scilt shield and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRICKLY — adjective ( prick·li·er ; -est ) Date: 1578 1. : full of or covered with prickles ; especially : distinguished …
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FERN — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fearn; akin to Old High German farn fern, Sanskrit parṇa wing, leaf Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHIELD — noun to ward off; to keep off or out. 2. shield ·noun figuratively, one who protects or defends. 3. shield …
Webster English vocab
PRICKLY — adj full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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FERN — adv long ago. 2. fern ·adj ancient; old. "pilgrimages to ... ferne halwes." . 3. fern ·noun an order of …
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PRICKLY — ■ adjective ( pricklier , prickliest ) 1》 covered in or resembling prickles. ↘having or causing a prickling sensation. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FERN — ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a flowerless vascular plant which has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHIELD — [shield] n [ME sheld, fr. OE scield; akin to OHG scilt shield and prob. to OE sciell shell] (bef. 12c) …
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PRICKLY — [prick.ly] adj prick.li.er ; -est (1578) 1: full of or covered with prickles; esp: distinguished from related kinds by the …
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FERN — [fern] n [ME, fr. OE fearn; akin to OHG farn fern, Skt parna wing, leaf] (bef. 12c): any of a …
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Britannica English vocabulary
PRICKLY — prick|ly BrE AmE ˈprɪk |li - ə l‿|i ▷ prick|lier li‿ə AmE \ li‿ ə r ▷ prick|iest li‿ɪst li‿əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FERN — fern, Fern BrE AmE fɜːn AmE fɝːn ▷ ferns fɜːnz AmE fɝːnz
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SHIELD — / ʃiːld; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a large piece of metal or leather carried by soldiers …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRICKLY — / ˈprɪkli; NAmE / adjective 1. covered with prickles : a prickly bush 2. causing you to feel as if …
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FERN — / fɜːn; NAmE fɜːrn/ noun [ C , U ] a plant with large delicate leaves and no flowers that …
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SHIELD — I. shield 1 /ʃiːld/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scield ] 1 . a) a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRICKLY — prick ‧ ly /ˈprɪkli/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . covered with thin sharp points: a plant with prickly leaves 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FERN — fern /fɜːn $ fɜːrn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fearn ] a type of plant …
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SHIELD — n. & v. --n. 1 a esp. hist. a piece of armour of esp. metal, carried on the arm or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRICKLY — adj. (pricklier, prickliest) 1 (esp. in the names of plants and animals) having prickles. 2 (of a person) ready to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FERN — n. (pl. same or ferns) any flowerless plant of the order Filicales, reproducing by spores and usu. having feathery fronds. …
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SHIELD — n. & v. n. 1 a esp. hist. a piece of armour of esp. metal, carried on the arm or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRICKLY — adj. (pricklier, prickliest) 1 (esp. in the names of plants and animals) having prickles. 2 (of a person) ready to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FERN — n. (pl. same or ferns) any flowerless plant of the order Filicales, reproducing by spores and usu. having feathery fronds. …
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SHIELD — n. & v. --n. 1. a esp. hist. a piece of armour of esp. metal, carried on the arm or …
Oxford English vocab
PRICKLY — adj. (pricklier, prickliest) 1. (esp. in the names of plants and animals) having prickles. 2 (of a person) ready to …
Oxford English vocab
FERN — n. (pl. same or ferns) any flowerless plant of the order Filicales, reproducing by spores and usu. having feathery fronds. …
Oxford English vocab
SHIELD — ( shields, shielding, shielded) 1. Something or someone which is a shield against a particular danger or risk provides protection …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRICKLY — 1. Something that is prickly feels rough and uncomfortable, as if it has a lot of prickles. The bunk mattress …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FERN — ( ferns) A fern is a plant that has long stems with feathery leaves and no flowers. There are many …
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PRICKLY — 1. Something that is ~ feels rough and uncomfortable, as if it has a lot of prickles. The bunk mattress …
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SHIELD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a riot shield (= a plastic shield used by a police officer ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRICKLY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES prickly heat prickly pear COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN heat ▪ Q I get prickly …
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FERN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And if you have partial sun, holly fern would be a good choice, as would …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIELD — [noun] [C] - something that is used as, or provides, protection, esp. a large slightly curved piece of metal, wood, …
Cambridge English vocab
PRICKLY — [adjective] -ier, -iestChestnuts had burst out of their green prickly husks.This cloth is very prickly (= it makes the skin …
Cambridge English vocab
FERN — n. Any of about 10,00012,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHIELD — I. noun 1 used to protect the body when fighting ADJECTIVE ▪ riot VERB + SHIELD ▪ lower , raise …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRICKLY — adj. Prickly is used with these nouns: ↑ bush , ↑ character
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRICKLY — adj. 25B6; adjective a prickly hedgehog : SPIKY, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny; briary, brambly; rough, scratchy; technical spiculate, spicular, aculeate, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRICKLY — adj. 1 bristly, thorny, brambly, spiny, barbed, briery, spinous, spiky, Technical setaceous, setose, acanthoid, aciculate, aculeate, muricate, spiculate Dad's face …
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SHIELD — The ordinary shield consisted of a framework of wood covered with leather; it thus admitted of being burnt. (Ezekiel 39:9) …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SHIELD — 1. сущ. 1) а) щит б) защита; защитное средство The ozone lay is a shielder which protects the earth against …
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