Meaning

2 senses
  1. Dryopteris filix-mas, of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, from which is derived a vermifuge preparation.

    echter Wurmfarn, Männerfarn

  2. (broadly)Any member of any of the species of genus Dryopteris.

More definitions
  • fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms

Translations

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Dryopteris filix-mas:

Forms

plural: male ferns
Singularmale fern
Pluralmale ferns

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms:Dryopteris filix-mas

See also

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