"querciform" meaning in English

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          "text": "DYNARIA. A genus of polypodiaceous ferns, generally distinguishable by the productino of two separate kinds of fronds: the one pinnate or pinnatifid in the usual way, [...] the other [...] lobed at the edge so as to resemble the leaf of an oak, whence they are called querciform. [...] its dwarfed querciform sterile fronds. [...] the fronds of this species being sessile and querciform at the base, [...]",
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