drynaria

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A peculiar genus of mainly epiphytic polypodiaceous ferns mostly with fronds of two sorts, the sterile ones sessile, concave, cordate-oblong and sinuate or laciniate, having little chlorophyl and conspicuous, raised venation; the fertile ones larger, pinnatifid or pinnate, the sori roundish, naked, sometimes confluent, borne at the junction of the compoundly anastomosing veinlets. There are about a dozen species, widely distributed in the eastern hemisphere, of which D. quercifolia is the best known.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. a genus of large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia