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male fern: see fern fern, any plant of the division Polypodiophyta. Fern species, numbering several thousand, are found throughout the world but are especially abundant in tropical rain forests. The ferns and their relatives (e.g.
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Male Fern

(Dryopteris filix-mas), an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Aspidiaceae. The leaf blades are twice pinnate, and the petiole and the rhizome have large, dark scales. The sori have budlike indusia, which are distributed on the lateral veins of the leaf blade segments. The male fern grows in shaded areas under shrubs in the forest zone of Eurasia and North America. An extract from the rhizome is used as a vermifuge for tapeworms and pinworms. The rhizomes also contain substances (by-products of filicinic acid) that cause muscular paralysis of intestinal parasites.

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No references found			These venerable hollow trees are sentinels, watching over the steep male fern banks of limes and oaks. Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Dryopteris affinis, the Golden Male Fern, can reach 90 cm (36in) tall and has produced some wonderful variations with twisted and congested fronds that add another dimension to the display. GARDENING: Hardy ferns recapture glory days of Victoriang by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Overhanging oaks shelter hedgebanks of succulent pennywort, polypody and scaly male ferns, with foxglove and campion plants. Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Malczewski, Antoni Maldacena duality Maldanidae Maldaninae Malden Malditos, Montes Maldive Ridge Maldives Maldives Embraced Islam Day Maldives Independence Day Maldives National Day Maldivians Maldon Maldon, Battle Maldonado, Tomas Maldonado, Tomás Maldonis, Alfonsas Maldonis, Alfonsas Moteevich maldonite Maldybaev, Abdylas Male Malé male chauvinist pig male climacteric male connector Male Fern Male Hemp male heterogamety male homogamety Malé Island male plug male pseudohermaphroditism male sterility male thread male Turner's syndrome Mâle, Émile maleate Malebo Pool Malebranche Malebranche, Nicolas Malebranche, Nicolas de Malecasta Malecite Malegaon maleic acid Maleic and Fumaric Acids maleic anhydride maleic hydrazide malenclave Malenga Malengin			Male cow Male dog Male dog Male dog Male dog Male dog Male dominant sex position Male ejaculation Male ejaculation Male ejaculation Male ejaculation male erecticle dysfunction Male erectile disorder Male erectile disorder Male erectile disorder Male erectile disorder Male Erectile Dysfunction male factor male factor infertility male factor infertility Male Female Case Ratio Male female differences Male female differences Male female differences Male Female Female Male Female Male male feminizing syndrome male feminizing syndrome male feminizing syndrome male feminizing syndrome Male Fern male ferns male ferns male ferns Male fide Male fide Male fide Male Flare Male Frog Test Male Garden Hose Thread Male gaze Male gaze Male gaze Male gender Male gender Male Gender Role Stress Male genital mutilation male genital organ male genital system male genital system male genital system male genital system male genitalia male genitals Male germ cell Male germ cell Male germ cell Male Germ Cell Tumor Male Healthy Controls Male Hemp male hermaphroditism

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