Dryopteris
noun
Dry·op·te·ris
drīˈäptərə̇s
: a large cosmopolitan genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having the indusium reniform or orbicular with a deep sinus and comprising the shield ferns
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, a kind of fern, from Greek, from dry- + pteris, a kind of fern, from pteron feather