Asplenium

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See also: asplénium

Translingual

Asplenium scolopendrium

Etymology

From New Latin asplenium (“spleenworts”), Linnaeus's adjustment of Latin asplenon (“spleenwort”), from Ancient Greek ἄσπληνον (ásplēnon, “spleenwort”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -ον (-on, “-um”), from its use to cure anthrax in livestock.

Proper noun

Asplenium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Aspleniaceae – spleenworts and similar ferns.

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