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Definition of Ceterach officinarum
1. Noun. Small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Asplenium, Genus Asplenium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceterach Officinarum
Literary usage of Ceterach officinarum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"The British species, Ceterach officinarum, or Scaly Spleen- wort (fig. 64), has
deeply pinnatifid, lanceolate fronds, with oblong, obtuse, ..."
2. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"Ceterach officinarum, Willd. Sp. Plant. v. 136 ; Franc. 20 ; Newm. NA 28, F.
293 ; Hook. and Am. 566 ; Bab. 415 ; Moore, 181. ..."
3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1847)
"Very Asplenium Trichomanes 10 large, with the peculiar ra- Ceterach officinarum
5 dical leaves invariably pre- Oxalis corniculata (cultivated sent whilst in ..."
4. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1848)
"... and septentrionale; Ceterach officinarum; Adiantum capillus veneris; ...
Pteris aquilina ; Ceterach officinarum ; Trichomanes radicans; ..."
5. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"... ingredient in the compost in which they are planted ; such are Polypodium
calcareum ; Ceterach officinarum; and Asplenium Trichomanes, and Ruta-muraria. ..."
6. English Medicine in the Anglo-Saxon Times: Two Lectures Delivered Before the by Joseph Frank Payne (1904)
"... (Ceterach officinarum). 11. For disease of spleen, take roots of this same
wort, which the Greeks name a<nr\fyu>v (asplenium), ..."