Dryopteridaceae

noun

alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

• Syn: ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑fern family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicopsida, ↑class Filicopsida, ↑Filicinae, ↑class Filicinae

• Member Meronyms:

↑shield fern, ↑buckler fern, ↑Dryopteris, ↑genus Dryopteris, ↑Athyrium, ↑genus Athyrium, ↑Cyrtomium, ↑genus Cyrtomium, ↑Cystopteris, ↑genus Cystopteris, ↑Deparia, ↑genus Deparia, ↑Diacalpa, ↑genus Diacalpa, ↑Gymnocarpium, ↑genus Gymnocarpium, ↑Lastreopsis, ↑genus Lastreopsis, ↑Matteuccia, ↑genus Matteuccia, ↑Pteretis, ↑genus Pteretis, ↑Olfersia, ↑genus Olfersia, ↑Onoclea, ↑genus Onoclea, ↑Polybotrya, ↑genus Polybotrya, ↑Polybotria, ↑genus Polybotria, ↑Polystichum, ↑genus Polystichum, ↑Rumohra, ↑genus Rumohra, ↑Tectaria, ↑genus Tectaria, ↑genus Woodsia