spleenwort
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- any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus AspleniumType of fernKinds green spleenwort, black spleenwort, maidenhair spleenwort, wall rue, mountain spleenwort, walking fern, black-stem spleenwort, Bradley's spleenwort, ebony spleenwort, lanceolate spleenwort +1 moreMember of Asplenium, genus Asplenium
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Spleen′wort′ noun
Origin: Spleen + wort; cf. L. splenium, asplenium, Gr. …, …, ….
Botany Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54