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DRYOPTERIS THELYPTERIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
Synonyms:
Dryopteris thelypteris; marsh fern; Thelypteris palustris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dryopteris thelypteris" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Dryopteris thelypteris"):
Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens; meadow fern; snuffbox fern; Thelypteris palustris pubescens (fern of northeastern North America)
Holonyms ("Dryopteris thelypteris" is a member of...):
genus Thelypteris; Thelypteris (marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae)
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