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Noun: Dryopteris
  1. Large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
    - genus Dryopteris

Type of: fern genus

Part of: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae

Encyclopedia: Dryopteris