noun
large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
• Syn: ↑Dryopteris
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑broad buckler-fern, ↑Dryopteris dilatata, ↑wood fern, ↑wood-fern, ↑woodfern
Useful english dictionary. 2012.