HyperDic: male_fern

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

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