scolopendrium

British

/ skɒləˈpɛndrɪəm /

noun

another name for hart's-tongue

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Etymology

Origin of scolopendrium

C17: from New Latin, from Greek scolopendrion, from a fancied resemblance of the fern and its sori to a centipede

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Porcelain prices zoomed as an early Chelsea scolopendrium tea pot sold for $10,640, an increase of 230% in four years.

From Time Magazine Archive

We were afterwards informed that asplenium, lastrea, scolopendrium, and others are to be found in the neighbourhood.

From A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land by Hughes, William R. (William Richard)

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