Asplenium

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See also: asplénium

Translingual

Asplenium scolopendrium

Etymology

From New Latin asplenium (the spleenworts), Linnaeus's adjustment of Latin asplenum (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 Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. – the spleenworts and similar ferns.

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