DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dryopteris filix-mas mean? 

• DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS (noun)
  The noun DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dryopteris filix-mas; male fern

Hypernyms ("Dryopteris filix-mas" is a kind of...):

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