dryopteris filix-mas

Thân thiện

A gardener carefully transplants a Dryopteris filix-mas into a shaded garden bed.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A fern species: "Dryopteris filix-mas" is the scientific name for a specific type of fern, commonly known as the male fern.
   • A medicinal plant: This fern is notable because its rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used as an anthelmintic, particularly to expel tapeworms.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Dryopteris filix-mas is common in the woodlands of Europe and North America.
  • The oleoresin from Dryopteris filix-mas has been used in traditional medicine.

Advanced Usage

• In botanical contexts: The name is used precisely to identify this species within the genus .
  • The specimen was definitively identified as Dryopteris filix-mas.

Variants and Related Words

• Male fern: The common name for .
• Dryopteris: The genus to which this fern belongs.
• Fern brake: A dense thicket of ferns, which may include .

Synonyms

• Male fern: The primary common name.
• Aspidium: An older, less common synonym for the genus.

Related Phrases

• Filix-mas extract: Refers to the medicinal preparation derived from this plant.
  • The physician prescribed a dose of filix-mas extract.

Related Idioms

(This term is a specific scientific name and is not typically used in idiomatic expressions.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms

Từ đồng nghĩa

• male fern
• Dryopteris filix-mas