HyperDic: dryopteris_filix-mas

English > 1 sense of the expression Dryopteris filix-mas:
NOUNplantDryopteris filix-mas, male fernfern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
English > Dryopteris filix-mas: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms.
Synonymmale fern
Broaderwood fern, wood-fern, woodfernAny of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
CatalanDryopteris filix-mas, falguera mascle

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