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Spleenwort

Spleenwort Meaning & Definition
Spleenwort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spleenwort?

[n] any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium

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See Also | Asplenium | Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Asplenium billotii | Asplenium bradleyi | Asplenium montanum | Asplenium pinnatifidum | Asplenium platyneuron | Asplenium rhizophyllum | Asplenium ruta-muraria | Asplenium trichomanes | Asplenium viride | black spleenwort | black-stem spleenwort | black-stemmed spleenwort | Bradley's spleenwort | Camptosorus rhizophyllus | ebony spleenwort | fern | genus Asplenium | green spleenwort | lanceolate spleenwort | little ebony spleenwort | lobed spleenwort | maidenhair spleenwort | mountain spleenwort | Scott's Spleenwort | walking fern | walking leaf | wall rue | wall rue spleenwort

Spleenwort In Webster's Dictionary

\Spleen"wort`\, n. [Spleen + wort; cf. L. splenium, asplenium, Gr. ????, ????, ???. ] (Bot.) Any fern of the genus {Asplenium}, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.

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