male fern

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

   SynonymsDryopteris filix-mas

   Broaderwood fern

Questions about male fern

What does male fern mean?

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

What is another word for male fern?

Close synonyms include Dryopteris filix-mas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is male fern a common word?

male fern is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.