MALE FERN

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Meaning:

Fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms

Synonyms:

Dryopteris filix-mas; male fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("male fern" is a kind of...):

wood-fern; wood fern; woodfern (any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris)

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