'Spleenwort' definitions:
Definition of 'spleenwort'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
Definition of 'Spleenwort'
From: GCIDE
- Spleenwort \Spleen"wort`\, n. [Spleen + wort; cf. L. splenium, asplenium, Gr. ????, ????, ???. ] (Bot.) Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Spleenwort'
- black spleenwort,
- bradley's spleenwort,
- ebony spleenwort,
- green spleenwort,
- lanceolate spleenwort,
- lobed spleenwort,
- maidenhair spleenwort,
- mountain spleenwort,
- scott's spleenwort,
- silvery spleenwort,
- little ebony spleenwort,
- wall rue spleenwort,
- black-stem spleenwort,
- black-stemmed spleenwort,
- narrow-leaved spleenwort