asplenium
asplenium · aspleniums
Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus AspleniumSynonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
More definitions
- a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae (Asplenium)
Origin
A genericization of taxonomic name Asplenium (“the spleenworts”), from Linnaeus's New LatiA genericization of taxonomic name Asplenium (“the spleenworts”), from Linnaeus's New Latin 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.
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Forms
plural: aspleniums| Singular | asplenium |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae (Asplenium):genus Asplenium