wood fern

1. Any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris (synset 113214540)
   is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
   subtypes:

   • dryopteris fragrans, fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern - fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
   • dryopteris filix-mas, male fern - fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
   • dryopteris marginalis, evergreen wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, marginal wood fern - North American fern with evergreen fronds
   • dryopteris oreades, mountain male fern - a fern of the genus Dryopteris
   belongs to: dryopteris, genus dryopteris - large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
   same as: wood-fern, woodfern

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