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Definition of Ceterach

1. Noun. Small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus.

Definition of Ceterach

1. n. A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).

Definition of Ceterach

1. Noun. (botany) A species of fern with fronds (''Asplenium ceterach''). ¹

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Definition of Ceterach

1. a type of fern [n CETERACHS] - See also: fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceterach

Literary usage of Ceterach

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 genus ceterach apparently belongs to that section of ferns which have a ... The British species, ceterach officinarum, or Scaly Spleen- wort (fig. ..."

2. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"Em. 1140) ; those in Bolton (Fil. tab. 7), and many other works, would not be recognized. This fern is the ceterach, spleen wort, ..."

3. 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), ..."

4. Ferns: British and Exoticby Edward Joseph Lowe by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"V. Asplenium ceterach, it *< " sinuatum, ... ceterach, it Ч Scolopendrium ceterach, ... ceterach—The Scale Fern. ..."

5. 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 ..."

6. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"... ceterach. (Plate XIII., Figs. 4 and 5, page 73.) LENGTH OF FROND.—An inch to eight inches. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Roots long, fibrous, wiry, very abundant ..."

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