Scolopendrium
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin scolopendrium, from Ancient Greek σκολοπένδριον (skolopéndrion, “Asplenium ceterach (rustyback)”)
Proper noun
[edit]Scolopendrium n
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Aspleniaceae – certain ferns, such as Asplenium scolopendrium (syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium. Scolopendrium vulgare, Scolopendrium phyllitis, hart's tongue).
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): See Scolopendrium at The Plant List.
Further reading
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Scolopendrium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Scolopendrium at The Plant List