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单词 spleenwort
释义

spleenwort

[ spleen-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈsplinˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.

Origin of spleenwort

First recorded in 1570–80; spleen + wort2

Words nearby spleenwort

splay, Splayd, splayfoot, spleen, spleenful, spleenwort, spleeny, splen-, splenalgia, splendent, splendid
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Example sentences from the Web for spleenwort

  • Still other species of ferns are known to hybridize more or less, as we saw in the case of Scott's spleenwort.

    The Fern Lover's Companion|George Henry Tilton
  • Spleenwort is excellent good for melancholy people, helps the stranguary and breaks the Stone in the bladder.

    Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow

British Dictionary definitions for spleenwort

spleenwort
/ (ˈspliːnˌwɜːt) /

noun

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 frondsSee also asplenium
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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