Asplenium
noun
As·ple·ni·um
-əm
: a widely distributed genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having linear or oblong sori borne obliquely on the upper side of a veinlet and comprising the spleenworts see ebony spleenwort, wall rue
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, alteration of Latin asplenum spleenwort, from Greek asplēnon, irregular from splēn spleen
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