noun
slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parathelypteris, ↑genus Parathelypteris
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nounUsage: usually capitalized N&Y
: a slender shield fern (Dryopteris noveboracensis) of moist woods in eastern No. America
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a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.