male fern

English

male fern

Noun

male fern (plural male ferns)

1. Dryopteris filix-mas, of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, from which is derived a vermifuge preparation.
2. (by extension) Any member of any of the species of genus Dryopteris.

Synonyms

• aspidium

Derived terms

• Borrer's male fern (Dryopteris borreri)
• golden-scaled male fern (Dryopteris affinis)
• Mexican male fern (Dryopteris pseudofilix-mas)
• mountain male fern (Dryopteris oreades)
• narrow male fern (Dryopteris cambrensis)
• pale male fern (Dryopteris pallida)
• scaly male fern (Dryopteris affinis)

Translations

Dryopteris filix-mas

• Breton: gourraden
• Catalan: falguera mascle f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歐洲鱗毛蕨 / 欧洲鳞毛蕨 (Ōuzhōu línmáojué)

• Cornish: marghreden
• Czech: kapraď samec m
• Dutch: mannetjesvaren (nl) f
• Finnish: kivikkoalvejuuri (fi)
• French: fougère mâle (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: mantsjefear

• Georgian: ჩადუნა (ka) (čaduna)
• German: echter Wurmfarn m, Männerfarn m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: βλῆχνον n (blêkhnon)

• Irish: raithneach mhadra f
• Italian: felce maschio f
• Kazakh: усасыр (usasyr)
• Persian: سرخس نر
• Polish: nerecznica samcza (pl) f, paprotnik samczy (pl) m
• Portuguese: dentebrum m, fetanha-macha f, feto-macho m
• Spanish: helecho macho m
• Welsh: marchredyn f pl, marchredyn cyffredin f pl

References

• “male fern”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Dryopteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dryopteris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dryopteris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons