dryopteris dilatata

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   European shield fern

   Synonymsbroad buckler-fern

   Broadershield fern

   Part ofDryopteris

Questions about dryopteris dilatata

What does dryopteris dilatata mean?

dryopteris dilatata means "European shield fern".

What is another word for dryopteris dilatata?

Close synonyms include broad buckler-fern. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dryopteris dilatata a common word?

dryopteris dilatata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.