spleenwort
[spleen-wurt, -wawrt]
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noun
any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
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Still other species of ferns are known to hybridize more or less, as we saw in the case of Scott's spleenwort.
The Fern Lover's CompanionGeorge Henry Tilton
Black and white maidenhair, spleenwort, hartstongue, and golden maidenhair.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
Spleenwort is excellent good for melancholy people, helps the stranguary and breaks the Stone in the bladder.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay ColonyGeorge Francis Dow
spleenwort
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