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spleenwort |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spleenwort n : any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
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