English > Dryopteris: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae. |
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| Synonym | genus Dryopteris |
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| Member of | Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae | Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
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| Members | broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata | European shield fern |
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| wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern | Any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris |
| Broader | fern genus | genera of ferns and fern allies |
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| Spanish | dryopteris, genus dryopteris |
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| Catalan | dryopteris, Dryopteris, genus dryopteris |
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