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DRYOPTERIS DILATATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dryopteris dilatata mean?
• DRYOPTERIS DILATATA (noun)
The noun DRYOPTERIS DILATATA has 1 sense:
1. European shield fern
Familiarity information: DRYOPTERIS DILATATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European shield fern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
broad buckler-fern; Dryopteris dilatata
Hypernyms ("Dryopteris dilatata" is a kind of...):
buckler fern; shield fern (any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori)
Holonyms ("Dryopteris dilatata" is a member of...):
Dryopteris; genus Dryopteris (large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)
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