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loikko.

bladder fern (any plant of the genus Cystopteris)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈloi̯kːo/[ˈlo̞i̯kːo̞]

  1. bladder fern (any plant of the genus Cystopteris)

  2. the genus Cystopteris

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860). Possibly based on the dialectal word loikka, loikko (“flat, shallow”), which is probably akin to loiva, loikoa.

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