buckler fern

noun

any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris , such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae

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In the lanes that lead down to the 'shaws' in the dells, the 'gills,' as these wooded depths are called, buckler ferns, green, fresh, and elegantly fashioned, remain under the shelter of the hazel-lined banks.