aspidium

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noun

Synonym of dryopteris: a member of a certain genus of ferns, including the male fern.

Similar
dryopteris
Origintaxonomic name Aspidium ← New Latin aspidium ← Ancient Greek ἀσπίς →
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Meanings

nounaspidium (countable and uncountable, plural aspidiums or aspidia)

plural aspidiums · plural aspidia

  1. countabledatedSynonym of dryopteris: a member of a certain genus of ferns, including the male fern.

    Synonyms: dryopteris

  2. dateduncountablemedicineA vermifuge prepared from the dried male fern.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of dryopteris: a member of a certain genus of ferns, including the male fern.

Similar
dryopteris
Also see
male fern

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀσπίς“shield”
  2. New Latinaspidium“shield fern”
  3. taxonomic nameAspidium
  4. Englishaspidium

A genericized form of taxonomic name Aspidium, from New Latin aspidium (“shield fern”) proposed by Schwartz in Schrader's Journal für die Botanik in 1800, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ium.

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APA

aspidium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspidium

MLA

“aspidium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspidium. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aspidium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspidium.

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