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Dryopteris marginalis

Dryopteris marginalis

9.9
A North American fern with evergreen leaves that grows on rocks and in woods
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Dryopteris marginalis
  • Gardeners often choose Dryopteris marginalis for its hardy evergreen foliage.

Examples

  • The shady slope was covered with Dryopteris marginalis, adding greenery even through winter.

  • Botanists identified the fern specimen as Dryopteris marginalis during the field survey.

  • Look at this Dryopteris marginalis!

  • I found a beautiful Dryopteris marginalis in the forest.

  • The shady slope was covered with Dryopteris marginalis, adding greenery even through winter.

  • Gardeners often choose Dryopteris marginalis for its hardy evergreen foliage.

  • Botanists identified the fern specimen as Dryopteris marginalis during the field survey.

Synonyms

marginal wood fern
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  • US
8.7

A common North American fern with evergreen fronds that grows in shade

is common in woods and on rocky areas rather than only in shady forests

Surface Forms

Dryopteris marginalis singular
Dryopteris marginalises plural

Morphology

Dryopteris + marginalis

This is a Latin binomial (genus + species) rather than a compositional English phrase; the constituents are a scientific genus name and a Latin adjectival epithet, not common English vocabulary. A B1 learner who knows general English words would not be able to infer that this refers to a specific North American fern without specialized botanical knowledge, so the form is not semantically derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Dryopteris marginalis comes from old Greek and Latin words. Dryopteris means 'wood' and 'fern' and marginalis means 'at the edge', so the name paints a picture of a wood fern with spore dots along the leaf edges, which helps you remember it is an evergreen fern often found in woods and on rocks.