HyperDic: genus_dryopteris

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Dryopteris:
NOUNplantgenus Dryopteris, Dryopterislarge widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns
English > genus Dryopteris: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae.
SynonymDryopteris
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
Membersbroad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatataEuropean shield fern
wood fern, wood-fern, woodfernAny of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
Broaderfern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
Spanishdryopteris, genus dryopteris
Catalandryopteris, Dryopteris, genus dryopteris

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