noun
slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
• Syn: ↑New York fern, ↑Dryopteris noveboracensis
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parathelypteris, ↑genus Parathelypteris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.