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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 807 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MOONWORT , or

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MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

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FERN (from O. Eng. fearn, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch varen, and Ger. Farn; the Indo-European root, seen in the Sanskrit parna, a feather, shows the primary meaning; cf. Gr. rmep6 , feather, rTepis, fern)

FERN, in

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BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the popular name of a small fern (Botrychium Lunaria), belonging to the

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order Ophioglossaceae (see FERNS) .

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