Spleenwort

noun

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Noun

1
Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium. countable, uncountable
2
any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium wordnet

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Etymology

From spleen + wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.

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Countess Dalhousie's spleenwort Scott's spleenwort Trudell's spleenwort blackstem spleenwort dwarf spleenwort ebony spleenwort hanging spleenwort little spleenwort maidenhair spleenwort mother spleenwort sea spleenwort shining spleenwort

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