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male fern

DEFINITIONS OF: male fern

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

Synonyms:
Dryopteris filix-mas
Type of:
wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern
any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
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