Look up: spleenwort

1. Spleenwort
   (Asplenium) These Ferns are natives of North America, Africa, India and other countries. With long, broad, bright green leaves that can grow up to 18 inches high, this plant doesn't really look like the typical fern. The tougher plants come from North America and they are good for growing outdoors i...
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2. spleenwort
   [n] - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
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3. Spleenwort
   Spleen'wort` noun [ Spleen + wort ; confer Latin splenium , asplenium , Greek ............, ............, .......... ] (Botany) Any fern of the genus Asplenium , some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
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4. spleenwort
   <botany> Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen. ... Origin: Spleen + wort; cf. L. Splenium, asplenium, Gr. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. spleenwort
   noun any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
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6. Spleenwort
   • (n.) Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
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7. spleenwort
   (from the article `fern`) ...annuli; spores mostly bilateral, provided with perispore; the most common and largest family of ferns, cosmopolitan in distribution and containing ... In certain temperate fern genera, such as spleenworts (Asplenium), wood ferns (Dryopteris), and holly ferns (Polystichum), hybridization between ... ...by ...
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8. Spleenwort
   Spleenwort (Ceterach officinarum) also known as rusty-back, scale-fern, finger-fern and milt-waste is a fern of the family Aspleniaceae, natural order Polypodiaceae. Most of the species are tropical, but some are native to Europe and western Asia. The fronds grow in a tuft from rocks and masonry, ea...
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