#Raunjala (Raunjalg)
One of the #Asplenium family, a fern better known as #spleenwort and used to treat, yes, the #spleen, but also believed to cause #infertility in women. Three species common in #Estonia: #PruunRaunjalg, maidenhair (lit. brown) spleenwort, #AspleniumTrichomanes; #MüürTaunjalg,
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and sarv-käokõrv, lit. horn cetraria; #CAculeata. Street scheduled 2020 for building off #Kalda, with name chosen in preference to #Kilpjala and #Raunjala.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Fungi #Seened
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#Kilpjala (Kilpjalg)
#Shortlisted #Lühiknimekiri
#Bracken, aka brake, aka eagle fern, #PteridiumAquilinum. Yet another of those delightful names (lit. shield leg) rejected by a local… And so, instead of this or #Raunjala, they went for #Käokõrva.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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