Asplenium

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Translingual[edit]

Asplenium scolopendrium

Etymology[edit]

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.

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Asplenium n

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

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