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DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS

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

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

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

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