mother spleenwort
noun
a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
Origin of mother spleenwort
probably earlier than 1960–65
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