/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of braun's holly fern Find synonyms for: Noun1. Braun's holly fern, prickly shield fern, Polystichum braunii, holly fernusage: North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scalesWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: didactic Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language