woodfern
See also:
wood fern
English
Etymology
From
wood
+
fern
.
Noun
woodfern
(
plural
woodferns
)
Any of several
evergreen
ferns
, of the family
Dryopteridaceae
, especially genus
Dryopteris
, that have dark green, leathery
fronds
.
Derived terms
Clinton's woodfern
(
Dryopteris clintoniana
)
coastal woodfern
(
Dryopteris arguta
)
common woodfern
(
Dryopteris filix-mas
)
mountain woodfern
(
Dryopteris campyloptera
,
Christella dentata
)
spinulose woodfern
(
Dryopteris carthusiana
)
thick-stemmed woodfern
(
Dryopteris crassirhizoma
)
Also see
wood fern
.