MALE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does male fern mean? 

• MALE FERN (noun)
  The noun MALE FERN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MALE FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALE FERN (noun)

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

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