HyperDic: genus_cystopteris

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cystopteris:
NOUNplantgenus Cystopteris, Cystopterischiefly small perennial rock ferns
English > genus Cystopteris: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae.
SynonymCystopteris
Member ofDryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family AthyriaceaeAlternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Membersbladder fernAny fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
Broaderfern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
Spanishcystopteris, genus cystopteris
Catalancystopteris, Cystopteris, genus cystopteris

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