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male fern

A fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) having rhizomes and stalks that yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms.

male fern

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, having scaly stalks and pinnate fronds with kidney-shaped spore-producing bodies on the underside: family Polypodiaceae

[so called because it was formerly believed to be the male of the lady fern]

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male fern - fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms

Dryopteris filix-mas

wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern - any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris

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male fern (redirected from male ferns)

male fern
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