Term: soft shield fern: European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: terra cotta: a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: basic: a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: dedication: a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: forest tent caterpillar: larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: love: any object of warm affection or devotion
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: hope chest: chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: sagina: small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: informed consent: consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: california privet: semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet
Broader: shield fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori | Unrelated: petit mal epilepsy: epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)