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filix (iou)



filix noun. . M18.
[Latin.]
Botany. A fern. Usu. in pl. Filices, the group of ferns as a whole.
filix mas [m¨»:s] [= male] an anthelmintic preparation obtained from the rhizome of the male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas.