Dryopteris

noun
Dry·​op·​te·​ris | \ drīˈäptərə̇s\

Definition of Dryopteris

: a large cosmopolitan genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having the indusium reniform or orbicular with a deep sinus and comprising the shield ferns

History and Etymology for Dryopteris

New Latin, from Latin, a kind of fern, from Greek, from dry- + pteris, a kind of fern, from pteron feather

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