tákusi aniáasi‘yarinilla’, species of fern that grows to some 2.5m in height, [...]
Part of Speech
noun
Literal Meaning
scorpion's tail
Root
tákusi aniáasi
Variant Form(s)
Free Variant: anitáaki kajakáana
‘yarinilla’, species of fern that grows to some 2.5m in height, with a trunk that reaches some 2m in height; the fern fronds emerging from the trunk have small spines on their undersides, resembling a scorpion’s tail, from which the plant derives its name. These young fronds are used to treat scorpion stings, either by grating them and applying the resulting pulp to the affected area, or by drinking the pulp with water
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aniáasislender tail of an animal, e.g., a monkey, lizard, stingray, or scorpion, distinguished from the flat tails of birds, fish, and aquatic mammals (<iíwaasi>) / blunt tip or end of something slender, e.g., a stick that does not come to point