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oak ferns

oak ferns is the plural of oak fern.

Meaning of oak fern

Noun

oak fern (plural oak ferns)

  1. A fern of genus Gymnocarpium (syn. Thelypteris) which grows on trees, especially Gymnocarpium dryopteris.
  2. A bat's wing fern (Histiopteris incisa)
  3. Synonym of common polypody (Polypodium vulgare), a fern formerly thought to have medicinal properties when found growing on an oak.
    • Why say we, that […] to know the vertue of Reubarb, qualitie of Oak ferne, and operation of Polipodie, is only peculiar unto man?, II.12
    Synonyms:
    common polypody

Questions about oak ferns

What is oak ferns the plural of?
Oak ferns is the plural of oak fern.

Words near oak ferns in the dictionary

  1. Oak Brook
  2. Oak Cliff
  3. Oak Creek
  4. oak decline
  5. oak fern
  6. oak ferns
  7. Oak Forest
  8. oak gall
  9. oak galls
  10. Oak Glen
  11. Oak Grove

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