| male fern | (n) fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms, Syn. Dryopteris filix-mas |
| mountain male fern | (n) a fern of the genus Dryopteris, Syn. Dryopteris oreades |
| male fern | n. A fern of North America and Europe (Dryopteris filix-mas) whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms. It is a member of the |