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Definition of Asplenium ceterach
1. Noun. Small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds.
Exact synonyms: Ceterach Officinarum, Scale Fern, Scaly Fern
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Asplenium, Genus Asplenium
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Asplenium, Genus Asplenium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asplenium Ceterach
Literary usage of Asplenium ceterach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"On the old walls asplenium ceterach, common spleenwort.—And on the commons,
neottia spiralis, sweet lady's traces. The progress is imperceptible from the ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Cryptogamous Plants: In Letters by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1807)
"very much resembling Asplenium ceterach L. at first sight, (both having the lower
surface of their fronds closely beset with a brown-red chaff) but ..."