asplenium

Meaning

Noun

Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.

Origin

A genericization of Translingual Asplenium ("the spleenworts"), from Linnaeus's New Latin adjustment of Latin asplenum ("spleenwort"), from Ancient Greek ἄσπληνον ("spleenwort"), from ἀ- + σπλήν + -ον, from its use to cure anthrax in livestock.

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