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Acrostichum

noun
Acros·​ti·​chum | \ ə-ˈkrȯ-sti-kəm, -ˈkrä-\

Definition of Acrostichum

: a genus of tropical ferns (family Polypodiaceae) with varied habit but with the sporangia covering all the underside of the frond

First Known Use of Acrostichum

1879, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Acrostichum

New Latin, irregular from Greek akrostichis; from the arrangement of the spores on the leaflets

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