Dryopteris

noun

Dry·​op·​te·​ris

drīˈäptərə̇s

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

Word History

Etymology

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

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