spleenwort
nounEtymology From spleen + wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.
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Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.
- Synonyms
- asplenium
- Derived terms
- blackstem spleenwort, Countess Dalhousie's spleenwort, dwarf spleenwort, ebony spleenwort, hanging spleenwort, little spleenwort, maidenhair spleenwort, mother spleenwort, scaly spleenwort, Scott's spleenwort, sea spleenwort, shining spleenwort, silvery spleenwort, Trudell's spleenwort, walking spleenwort
- Related terms
- liverwort, lungwort, toothwort, woundwort, doctrine of signatures