Phegopteris

Translingual

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin phegopteris, from Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak, acorn”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing, fern”)

Proper noun

Phegopteris f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Thelypteridaceae – beech ferns.

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