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Meaning of pteris | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈptɛ.rɪs]

Definitions

a species of fern

declension-3, feminine

Examples

“Felicis duo genera nec florem habent nec semen. pterim vocant Graeci, alii blachnon, cuius ex una radice conplures exeunt felices bina etiam cubita excedentes longitudine, non graves odore; hanc marem existimant. alterum genus thelypterim Graeci vocant, alii nymphaeam pterim; est autem singularis atque non fruticosa, brevior molliorque et densior, foliis ad radicem canaliculata.”

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“Herbae pteridis, id est filiculae, quae ratis Gallice dicitur, quaeque in fago saepe nascitur, radices tunsae in potione ieiuno dantur cum uino coxarum doloribus laboranti.”

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“Ad lumbricos eiciendos remedium mirum sic: Satureiae fascem bonum cum aquae III mittes in uas amplum et diligenter claudes. postera die colabis et addes pteridis tunsae et aloes tunsae diligenter dragmas binas et mellis despumati quod sufficiat.”

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CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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