Coniogramme

noun

Co·​ni·​o·​gram·​me

ˌkōnēōˈgra(ˌ)mē

: a small genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) of the Pacific islands and Japan often grown for ornament and characterized by large entire or pinnate fronds and elongate sori lacking indusia and reaching from midrib to leaf margin see bamboo fern

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from conio- (from Greek kōnion, diminutive of kōnos cone) + Greek grammē line; akin to Greek graphein to write

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