Spleenwort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spleenwort \Spleen"wort`\, n. [Spleen + wort; cf. L. splenium,
     asplenium, Gr. ????, ????, ???. ] (Bot.)
     Any fern of the genus {Asplenium}, some species of which were
     anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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