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Definition of “male fern”

male fern

a fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, having scaly stalks and pinnate fronds with kidney-shaped spore-producing bodies on the underside: family Polypodiaceae

C16: so called because it was formerly believed to be the male of the lady fern

One of the most striking British ferns, the male fern , is growing tall in the woods.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

The form cristata `The King", a selection of the golden-scaled male fern , has evenly crested, arching fronds from a symmetrical

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