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spleenwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spleenwort has 1 sense
- spleenwort(n = noun.plant) - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium; is a kind of fern
is a member of asplenium, genus asplenium
has particulars: asplenium adiantum-nigrum, black spleenwort, asplenium platyneuron, ebony spleenwort, scott's spleenwort, black-stem spleenwort, black-stemmed spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort, asplenium rhizophyllum, camptosorus rhizophyllus, walking fern, walking leaf, asplenium trichomanes, maidenhair spleenwort, asplenium viride, green spleenwort, asplenium montanum, mountain spleenwort, asplenium ruta-muraria, wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, asplenium bradleyi, bradley's spleenwort, asplenium pinnatifidum, lobed spleenwort, asplenium billotii, lanceolate spleenwort
CIDE DICTIONARY
spleenwort, n. [Spleen + wort; cf. L. splenium, asplenium, Gr. , , . ].
Any fern of the genus Asplenium , some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spleenwort, n. any fern of the genus Asplenium, formerly used as a remedy for disorders of the spleen.
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