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DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
Synonyms:
Dryopteris filix-mas; male fern
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Hypernyms ("Dryopteris filix-mas" is a kind of...):
wood-fern; wood fern; woodfern (any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris)