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Noun: spleenwort  'spleen,wurt
  1. Any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
    "Maidenhair spleenwort is a common species found growing in rock crevices"

Derived forms: spleenworts

Type of: fern

Part of: Asplenium, genus Asplenium

Encyclopedia: Spleenwort