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spleenwort
[ spleen-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈsplinˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /
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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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spleenwort
/ (ˈspliːnˌwɜːt) /
noun
any of various ferns of the genus Asplenium, esp A. trichomanes, that often grows on walls, having linear or oblong sori on the undersurface of the frondsSee also asplenium
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