asplenium

See also: Asplenium

English

Etymology

A genericization of translingual 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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːniəm

Noun

asplenium (plural aspleniums)

1. (botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.

References

• “spleenwort, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914.
• “Asplenium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Emu Plains, unimpales

Latin

Etymology

Linnaeus's adjustment of asplēnon (“spleenwort”), from Ancient Greek ἄσπληνον (ásplēnon).

Noun

asplēnium n (genitive asplēniī); second declension

1. (New Latin) a spleenwort
2. (New Latin) the spleenworts collectively

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asplēnium	asplēnia
Genitive	asplēniī	asplēniōrum
Dative	asplēniō	asplēniīs
Accusative	asplēnium	asplēnia
Ablative	asplēniō	asplēniīs
Vocative	asplēnium	asplēnia

Descendants

• Translingual: Asplenium