spleenwort
- noun
- /ˈspliːnˌwɜrt/
- Specialized
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spleenwort
- spleenwort ferns
- spleenwort (Asplenium)
Examples
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Two common ferns are Christmas fern and ebony spleenwort.
Academic text (1997) -
On rocky cliffs, you can often find spleenwort ferns thriving in the crevices.
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The spleenwort is an intriguing fern that commonly grows on walls and stones.
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In habitats rich in moisture, spleenwort ferns display their unique leaf shapes.
Synonyms
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A plant with feathery leaves that has no flowers and makes spores
A group of about 700 ferns, including the bird's nest fern
Compounds
A small fern with dark stems and divided leaves that grows on rocky hillsides in Europe, Africa, and Asia
A small fern with a dark thin stem that grows in warm parts of the Americas
- Specialized
A small fern that grows on rocks in the eastern and southern United States
A small fern with shiny black stems and delicate green leaves that grows on rocky, shaded ground
A small fern with divided leaves that grows on shady rocks in eastern and southern United States
A fern with narrow leaves on yellowish stalks that grows in shady rocky places
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spleenwort comes from spleen and old English wort meaning 'plant', because people once thought the fern could help the 'spleen'. That's why spleenwort is the name for a group of ferns, and the wort part is the same 'wort' you see in St. John's wort.