woodfern (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *woodfern*:
NOUN	plant	woodfern, wood fern, wood-fern	any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris

English > *woodfern*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris.
Synonyms	wood fern, wood-fern
Member of	Dryopteris, genus Dryopteris	large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns
Narrower	fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern, Dryopteris fragrans	fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
	male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas	fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
	marginal wood fern, evergreen wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, Dryopteris marginalis	North American fern with evergreen fronds
	mountain male fern, Dryopteris oreades	A fern of the genus Dryopteris
Broader	fern	Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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