shield fern

NOUN /ʃild_fɜrn/
11 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S

shield fern is a valid 11-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1H4I1E1L1D2F4E1R1N1
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING

What does shield fern mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori.

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