asplenium
NounSynonyms:
genus Asplenium
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae (Asplenium)Synonyms: genus AspleniumType of fern genusMember of Aspleniaceae, family AspleniaceaeMembers bird's nest fern, scale fern, spleenwort, hart's-tongue
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“asplenium” is listed under Athyrium.
Athyrium noun
1. 1 a genus temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium. Syn. — genus Athyrium.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54