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spleenwort

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspliːnˌwɜːt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(splēn′wûrt′, -wôrt′)

spleen•wort (splēn′wûrt′, -wôrt′),USA pronunciation n.

Plant Biologyany of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.

spleen + wort² 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

spleenwort /ˈspliːnˌwɜːt/ n

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 fronds

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wort - ebony spleenwort - maidenhair spleenwort - mother spleenwort - silvery spleenwort

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