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DRYOPTERIS

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Meaning:

Large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae

Synonyms:

Dryopteris; genus Dryopteris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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