Dryopteris filix-mas

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