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mother spleenwort

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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.

Etymology

Origin of mother spleenwort

Probably earlier than 1960–65

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