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Noun: Cystopteris
  1. Chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
    - genus Cystopteris

Type of: fern genus

Part of: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae

Encyclopedia: Cystopteris