dương xỉ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (sheep) and (tooth), apparently a rather recent borrowing from Mandarin.

Earlier terms for "fern" are đuôi chồn, lit. "weasel tail" and quán trọng (貫仲), as listed in Dictionarium latino-anamiticum (1838) for Latin filix. In Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895), quán trọng is defined as "medicinal ingredient" (vị thuốc).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cây) dương xỉ

  1. (botany) fern