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spleenwort

DEFINITIONS OF: spleenwort

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n any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium

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Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, black spleenwort
spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent
Asplenium platyneuron, Scott's Spleenwort, ebony spleenwort
common North American fern with polished black stripes
black-stem spleenwort, black-stemmed spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort
fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil
Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, walking fern, walking leaf
ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
Asplenium trichomanes, maidenhair spleenwort
small rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds
Asplenium viride, green spleenwort
a small fern with slim green fronds; widely distributed in cool parts of northern hemisphere
Asplenium montanum, mountain spleenwort
a spleenwort of eastern North America
Asplenium ruta-muraria, wall rue, wall rue spleenwort
small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
Asplenium bradleyi, Bradley's spleenwort
a spleenwort of eastern to southern United States
Asplenium pinnatifidum, lobed spleenwort
a spleenwort of eastern and southern United States
Asplenium billotii, lanceolate spleenwort
a spleenwort of western Europe
Type of:
fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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