wood fern vs male fern
male fern vs wood fernwood fern and male fern both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wood fern | Yes | No | No | No |
| male fern | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
male fern is a hyponym of
wood fern; that is, male fern is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
wood fern:
- wood fern: any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
- male fern: fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
Other hyponyms of wood fern include
Dryopteris fragrans, fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, Dryopteris marginalis, evergreen wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, marginal wood fern, Dryopteris oreades, mountain male fern.
| wood fern (noun) | male fern (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris | fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms |
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