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male fern
male fernn. A fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) of Eurasia and North America, having stalks with brown scales and containing an oleoresin formerly used to expel tapeworms. [Ultimately from a translation of Latin mās, male (used by Pliny the Elder to describe a variety of this fern, in reference to its robustness and in contrast to a more delicate fern that he calls nymphaea filix, literally, nymph fern).]male fern n (Plants) a fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, having scaly stalks and pinnate fronds with kidney-shaped spore-producing bodies on the underside: family Polypodiaceae [C16: so called because it was formerly believed to be the male of the lady fern]male′ fern′ n. a bright green fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, of the polypody family, native to Europe and NE North America: source of resin used to expel tapeworms. [1555–65] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | male fern - fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapewormsDryopteris filix-maswood fern, woodfern, wood-fern - any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris |
male fern
male fern: see fernfern, any plant of the division Polypodiophyta. Fern species, numbering several thousand, are found throughout the world but are especially abundant in tropical rain forests. The ferns and their relatives (e.g. ..... Click the link for more information. .Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas), an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Aspidiaceae. The leaf blades are twice pinnate, and the petiole and the rhizome have large, dark scales. The sori have budlike indusia, which are distributed on the lateral veins of the leaf blade segments. The male fern grows in shaded areas under shrubs in the forest zone of Eurasia and North America. An extract from the rhizome is used as a vermifuge for tapeworms and pinworms. The rhizomes also contain substances (by-products of filicinic acid) that cause muscular paralysis of intestinal parasites. male fern
male fernn. A fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) of Eurasia and North America, having stalks with brown scales and containing an oleoresin formerly used to expel tapeworms.male fern Related to male fern: Dryopteris filix-mas, Christmas fern, lady fernSynonyms for male fernnoun fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapewormsSynonymsRelated Words- wood fern
- woodfern
- wood-fern
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