asplenium

Synonyms of asplenium

• spleenwort

Forms of asplenium

Origin of asplenium

A 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.

Words that rhyme with asplenium

• nitrenium
• rhenium
• selenium
• athenium
• ferrocenium
• splenium

Questions about asplenium

What does asplenium mean?

Asplenium means synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.

What part of speech is asplenium?

Asplenium is a noun.

What is the plural of asplenium?

The plural of asplenium is aspleniums.