Blechnum
noun
Blech·num
-nəm
: a genus of chiefly tropical ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having rather stiff pinnate leaves with the sori linear and parallel to the midvein of the pinnae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin blachnon, blechnon, a fern, from Greek blēchnon
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