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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spleenwort n 1: any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium