dryopteris thelypteris

1. 1.

   fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions

   Synonymsmarsh fernThelypteris palustris

   Broaderfern

   Narrowersnuffbox fern

   Part ofThelypteris

Questions about dryopteris thelypteris

What does dryopteris thelypteris mean?

dryopteris thelypteris means "fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions".

What is another word for dryopteris thelypteris?

Close synonyms include marsh fern, Thelypteris palustris. 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 thelypteris a common word?

dryopteris thelypteris 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.