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aspidium

aspidium noun: synonym of dryopteris: a member of a certain genus of ferns, including the male fern.

Noun

aspidium (countable and uncountable, plural aspidiums or aspidia)

  1. (countable, dated) Synonym of dryopteris: a member of a certain genus of ferns, including the male fern.
    Synonyms:
    dryopteris
  2. (dated, uncountable) A vermifuge prepared from the dried male fern.

Synonyms of aspidium

  • dryopteris

Forms of aspidium

pluralaspidiums
pluralaspidia

Origin of aspidium

A genericized form of taxonomic name Aspidium, from New Latin aspidium (“shield fern”) proposed by Schwartz in Schrader's Journal für die Botanik in 1800, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ium.

Questions about aspidium

What does aspidium mean?
Aspidium means synonym of dryopteris: a member of a certain genus of ferns, including the male fern.
What part of speech is aspidium?
Aspidium is a noun.
What is the plural of aspidium?
The plural of aspidium is aspidiums.

Words near aspidium in the dictionary

  1. Aspidiske
  2. aspidistra
  3. aspidistral
  4. aspidistras
  5. aspidistrin
  6. aspidium
  7. aspidiums
  8. aspidobranch
  9. aspidobranchs
  10. aspidoceratid
  11. aspidoceratids

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