genus Dryopteris

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genus Dryopteris - large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in PolypodiaceaeDryopterisfern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesAthyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae - alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systemsbroad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata - European shield fernwood fern, woodfern, wood-fern - any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris