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Definition of Spleenwort
1. Noun. Any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium.
Group relationships: Asplenium, Genus Asplenium
Specialized synonyms: Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, Black Spleenwort, Asplenium Platyneuron, Ebony Spleenwort, Scott's Spleenwort, Black-stem Spleenwort, Black-stemmed Spleenwort, Little Ebony Spleenwort, Asplenium Rhizophyllum, Camptosorus Rhizophyllus, Walking Fern, Walking Leaf, Asplenium Trichomanes, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Asplenium Viride, Green Spleenwort, Asplenium Montanum, Mountain Spleenwort, Asplenium Ruta-muraria, Wall Rue, Wall Rue Spleenwort, Asplenium Bradleyi, Bradley's Spleenwort, Asplenium Pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort, Asplenium Billotii, Lanceolate Spleenwort
Definition of Spleenwort
1. n. Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
Definition of Spleenwort
1. Noun. Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus ''Asplenium'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spleenwort
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Literary usage of Spleenwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"THE DWARF spleenwort. Asplenium pumilum. THOSE who have confined their fern
studies to a limited legion often have an erroneous conception of the range in ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"... becoming kidney- shaped and appearing nearly round, but always remaining distinct.
Female spleenwort. 1. ..."
3. The British Ferns: Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the Needful ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1861)
"ASPLENIUM TRICHOMANES, L. Common or Maidenhair spleenwort. ... This well-known
spleenwort seems to have been confounded by Linnaeus and some of the older ..."
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