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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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Origin of spleenwort

First recorded in 1570–80; spleen + wort2

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British Dictionary definitions for spleenwort

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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