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) (botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium. === References === “spleenwort, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: 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 (New Latin) a spleenwort (New Latin) the spleenworts collectively ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Asplenium