Meaning Of The Word Spleenwort

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spleenwort in American English
any of a genus (Asplenium, family Aspleniaceae) of ferns with simple or compound fronds and elongated sori
noun: any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals

spleenwort in British English
noun: 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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