English Explanatory Dictionary

spleenwort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.

Word forms

spleenwort spleenworts

Etymology

From spleen + wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.

Synonyms

asplenium

Related words

liverwort lungwort toothwort woundwort doctrine of signatures

Derived words

blackstem spleenwort Countess Dalhousie's spleenwort dwarf spleenwort ebony spleenwort hanging spleenwort little spleenwort maidenhair spleenwort mother spleenwort Scott's spleenwort sea spleenwort shining spleenwort silvery spleenwort Trudell's spleenwort walking spleenwort
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