genus dryopteris

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1. large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern genus,
definition	:	genera of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	broad buckler-fern, dryopteris dilatata,
definition	:	European shield fern (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern,
definition	:	any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	athyriaceae, dryopteridaceae, family athyriaceae, family dryopteridaceae,
definition	:	alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant)