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scolopendrium

/ skɒləˈpɛndrɪəm /

noun

  1. another name for hart's-tongue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of scolopendrium1

C17: from New Latin, from Greek scolopendrion, from a fancied resemblance of the fern and its sori to a centipede
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Example Sentences

We were afterwards informed that asplenium, lastrea, scolopendrium, and others are to be found in the neighbourhood.

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