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DRYOPTERIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
Synonyms:
Dryopteris; genus Dryopteris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dryopteris" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Dryopteris"):
broad buckler-fern; Dryopteris dilatata (European shield fern)
wood-fern; wood fern; woodfern (any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris)
Holonyms ("Dryopteris" is a member of...):
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (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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