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Definition of Cystopteris
1. Noun. Chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae.
Exact synonyms: Genus Cystopteris
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae
Member holonyms: Bladder Fern
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae
Member holonyms: Bladder Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cystopteris
Literary usage of Cystopteris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"This fern resembles a rounded form of cystopteris fragilis. Fructification produced
abundantly over all the under-surface of the frond, and consisting of ..."
2. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"Mr. Babington makes a second species of cystopteris, under the name of dentata,
... 77): but he gives only two species of cystopteris, fragilis and montana; ..."
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