spleenwort

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspliːnˌwɜːt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(splēn′wûrt′, -wôrt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
spleen•wort  (splēn′wûrt′, -wôrt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
  • spleen + wort2 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
spleenwort / ˈspliːnˌwɜːt/
  1. 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
'spleenwort' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ebony spleenwort - maidenhair spleenwort - mother spleenwort - silvery spleenwort - wort

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