Blechnum

noun

Blech·​num

-nəm

: a genus of chiefly tropical ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having rather stiff pinnate leaves with the sori linear and parallel to the midvein of the pinnae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin blachnon, blechnon, a fern, from Greek blēchnon

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