male fern

/meɪl fərn/
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Other forms: male ferns

Definitions of male fern
  1. noun
    fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
    synonyms: Dryopteris filix-mas
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    type of:
    wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern
    any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
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