Definition of Phyllitis scolopendrium

1. Noun. Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds.

Exact synonyms: Asplenium Scolopendrium, Hart's-tongue, Hart's-tongue Fern
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Asplenium, Genus Asplenium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyllitis Scolopendrium

Phrynosoma
Phrynosoma cornutum
Phthiriidae
Phthirius
Phthirus
Phthorimaea
Phthorimaea operculella
Phuket
Phunababa
Phycomycetes group
Phyllidae
Phyllis
Phyllitis
Phyllitis scolopendrium (current term)
Phyllium
Phyllocladaceae
Phyllocladus
Phyllocladus alpinus
Phyllocladus asplenifolius
Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Phyllodoce
Phyllodoce breweri
Phyllodoce caerulea
Phylloporus
Phylloporus boletinoides
Phyllorhynchus
Phylloscopus
Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Literary usage of Phyllitis scolopendrium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"Sm. EF iv. 314, EB 1150 ; Mack. Fl. Hib. 342 ; Franc. 52 ; Newm. NA 28, F. 289 ; Hook. and Am. 574 ; Bab. 415; Moore, 173. Phyllitis scolopendrium, Newm. ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1861)
"... Scolopendrium officinarum of Swartz, Asplenium Scolopendrium of Linnaeus, Phyllitis scolopendrium of Newman. In a quaint old herbal, bearing date 1597, ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1864)
"Phyllitis scolopendrium, Newman.—Owen Sound, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, on soft springy ground, amongst large stones, growing in tufts, abundant, 1861, ..."

4. The British Ferns: Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the Needful ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1861)
"PHYLLITIS Scolopendrium. Newman. Hab. Woods and shady lanes, sheltered hedge-banks ; frequent in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The common Hart's-tongue, ..."

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