1. beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris; [syn: Phegopteris, genus Phegopteris]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Phegopteris
n 1: beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered
alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus
Thelypteris [syn: Phegopteris, genus Phegopteris]