释义 |
dry·op·te·ris \drīˈäptərə̇s\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a kind of fern, from Greek, from dry- + pteris, a kind of fern, from pteron feather — more at feather : a large cosmopolitan genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having the indusium reniform or orbicular with a deep sinus and comprising the shield ferns |