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English > 1 sense of the expression Ceterach officinarum:
NOUNplantCeterach officinarum, scale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterachsmall European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
English > Ceterach officinarum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall European fern with chaffy leathery fronds.
Synonymsscale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterach
Member ofAsplenium, genus AspleniumIn some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward