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 Definitions of male fern  [ˈmæl əˌfæk tər]  

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Definition of 'male fern' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) male fern
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.

Etymology:  (1555–65)

Definition of 'male fern' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas
fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms

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