Male Fern Definition

noun
A fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) of the Northern Hemisphere: source of an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Dryopteris filix-mas

Other Word Forms of Male Fern

Noun

Singular:
male fern
Plural:
male-ferns

Origin of Male Fern

  • 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)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Male Fern Sentence Examples

  • Pomegranate root, or, better, the sulphate of pelletierine in dose of 5 grains with an equal quantity of tannic acid, may be used to replace the male fern.

  • Bracken and male fern were gathered from the woods during the 17th and 18th centuries, and burned to make potash for bleaching linen.

  • Few plants surpass a strong, well-flowered clump of Hemerocallis fulva, as we have seen it, mixed with a group of male Fern near a brook.

  • A. aculeatum is best in rich loam, with sand and leaf-mould, well-drained, and so does the Male Fern.

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