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noun
Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fern
Narrower terms: black spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, ebony spleenwort, Scott's Spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron, black-stem spleenwort, black-stemmed spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort, walking fern, walking leaf, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes, green spleenwort, Asplenium viride, mountain spleenwort, Asplenium montanum, wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, Asplenium ruta-muraria, Bradley's spleenwort, Asplenium bradleyi, lobed spleenwort, Asplenium pinnatifidum, lanceolate spleenwort, Asplenium billotii
History
From spleen + wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.
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