The Latin plural of filix; a group or collection of ferns.
From Latin 'filix' (fern) with the Latin plural '-ices', maintaining the original language form in scientific contexts.
Scientists still use the Latin word 'filices' in formal botanical writing—keeping the original Latin plural reminds us that fern science is one of botany's oldest disciplines, stretching back to ancient naturalists.
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