Cys·top·ter·is
| \ siˈstäptərə̇s \
Definition of Cystopteris
: a genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) of the north temperate zone having a hooded or arched indusium partly under the roundish sori — see bladder fern, fragile fern
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