Dryopteris Dryops • dryopteroid · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · Dryopteris · · Text Latin · · Script 10 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae. Synonyms: genus Dryopteris. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · D latin capital letter d U+0044 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079