Meaning of SPLEENWORT
| Pronunciation: | | 'spleen`wurt
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| | Definition: | | [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 | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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