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‖ scolopendrium|skɒləʊˈpɛndrɪəm|
Also 7–8 scolopendria.
[mod.L., ad. L. scolopendrion = Gr. σκολοπένδριον a hart's-tongue fern, so called from a fancied resemblance to the scolopendra.]
A genus of ferns; a fern of this genus; = hart's-tongue.
1611Cotgr., Scolopendrie vraye,..called Vraye, to make it differ from Harts-tongue, or stone Harts-tongue, which is also (falsly) tearmed Scolopendria. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. i. iii. 439 Scolopendria, Cuscuta, Ceteratche, Mugwort. 1729in Dampier's Voy. (ed. 3) III. 428 The Flat-ring'd Scolopendria. Is black, with yellow Edges on the Rings. 1882Geikie Geol. Sketches 9 Not a vestige of vegetation could we see save..some dwarfed scolopendriums. |