Chrysosplenium

noun

Chrys·​o·​sple·​ni·​um

: a small genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs (family Saxifragaceae) having minute greenish yellow apetalous flowers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from chrys- + Latin splenium spleenwort (from Greek splēnion, from splēn spleen)

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