calcifraga

== Latin == === Etymology === From calx (“limestone, pebble”) +‎ frangō (“break, shatter”) +‎ -a, possibly via ellipsis of herba calcifraga f (“stone-breaking plant/herb”), with the adjective-deriving suffix -us, -a, -um. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaɫˈkɪ.fra.ɡa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kal̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.fra.ɡa] === Noun === calcifraga f (genitive calcifragae); first declension a herb said to be a remedy for the stone (the central part of some fruits) (hart's-tongue fern: Asplenium scolopendrium?) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “calcifraga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “calcifraga”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.