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Meaning of oak fern | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Cymraeg rhedyn cyffredin rhedyn tridarn rhedyn y derw
Íslenska þrílaufungur

Examples

“Why say we, that […] to know the vertue of Reubarb, qualitie of Oak ferne, and operation of Polipodie, is only peculiar unto man?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Oak Forest oak gall Oak Glen Oak Grove Oak Harbor Oak Hills

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