Usually means: Perennial plant, commonly used herbally.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. male fern: Merriam-Webster
  2. male fern: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. male fern: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. male fern: Collins English Dictionary
  5. male fern: Vocabulary.com
  6. male fern: Wordnik
  7. male fern: Wiktionary
  8. male fern: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. male fern: Dictionary.com
  10. male fern: Rhymezone
  11. male fern: FreeDictionary.org
  12. male fern: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. male fern: Mnemonic Dictionary

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  1. male fern: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. male fern: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Male-fern, male fern: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Male Fern: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (male fern)

noun:  Dryopteris filix-mas, from which is derived a vermifuge preparation.

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