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Definition of Asplenium ruta-muraria
1. Noun. Small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asplenium Ruta-muraria
Literary usage of Asplenium ruta-muraria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"... polypodium vulgare, common polypody ; and asplenium ruta muraria, wall rye.
Adjoining the Park at its south-western side, is the town of CHAPELIZOD. ..."
2. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"asplenium ruta-muraria. (Plate XIII., Figs. 8 and 9, page 73.) LENGTH OF FROND.—One
inch to six inches. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Roots fine, wiry, fibrous, ..."
3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"... which appeared abnormal and he took specimens together with others of Asplenium
Ruta-muraria, which were growing three feet from the clump in question. ..."
4. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"I am aware some botanists have remarked, that attenuated forms of Asplenium
Ruta-muraria approach indefinitely near A. alternifolium. ..."
5. The Interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud (1913)
"... was Asplenium ruta muraria, which the dream had slightly disfigured. An accidental
coincidence could hardly be considered, but it remained a mystery for ..."