1. large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae; [syn: Dryopteris, genus Dryopteris]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Dryopteris
n 1: large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns;
in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
[syn: Dryopteris, genus Dryopteris]