noun
genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑woodsia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.