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A Filixmas
Male Male, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs. 2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them. 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. 5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. Male berry (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See Pea berry. Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (A. Filixmas), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and A. athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See Female fern, under Female. Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under Female. Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
Asplenium Filixfaemina
Female fern Female fern (Bot.), a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixf[ae]mina), growing in many countries; lady fern. Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character. Syn: Female, Feminine. Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women; as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.; feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by, women; as, feminine studies, employments, accomplishments, etc. ``Female applies to sex rather than gender, and is a physiological rather than a grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather than sex, and is grammatical rather than physiological.' --Latham.

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- Dryopteris filix-mas, the male fern, is a common fern of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, native to much of Europe, Asia, and North America. It favours...
- Athyrium filix-femina, the lady fern or common lady-fern, is a large, feathery species of fern native to temperate Asia, Europe, North Africa, Canada...
- Thordisa filix is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, s****-less marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae. Pruvot-Fol...
- called the wood ferns, male ferns (referring in particular to Dryopteris filix-mas), or buckler ferns, is a fern genus in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily...
- Zamiaceae Subtribe: Zamiinae Genus: Zamia L. Type species Zamia pumila L. Synonyms Aulacophyllum Regel Chigua D.W.Stev. Palmifolium ****ze Palma-filix Adans....
- Botany involves the recording and description of plants, such as this herbarium specimen of the lady fern Athyrium filix-femina....
- Family: Cystopteridaceae Genus: Cystopteris Species: C. fragilis Binomial name Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. Synonyms Filix fragilis (L.) Underw....
- Synonyms Aspidium bulbiferum (L.) Sw. Cystea bulbifera (L.) Watt Cystopteris atomaria C. Presl Filix bulbifera (L.) Underw. Polypodium bulbiferum L....
- Aspidium Filix Mas (Shield Fern)...
- Wherry Dryopteris pulc****a (Salisb.) Hayek Dryopteris pumila V.I. Krecz. Filix pumila Gilib. Nephrodium dryopteris (L.) Michx. Polypodium dryopteris L...