spleenwort

English

maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)

Etymology

From spleen +‎ wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.

Noun

spleenwort (countable and uncountable, plural spleenworts)

1. Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.

Synonyms

• asplenium

Derived terms

• blackstem spleenwort
• Countess Dalhousie's spleenwort
• dwarf spleenwort
• ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
• hanging spleenwort
• little spleenwort
• maidenhair spleenwort
• mother spleenwort
• Scott's spleenwort
• sea spleenwort
• shining spleenwort
• silvery spleenwort
• Trudell's spleenwort
• walking spleenwort

 

Related terms

• liverwort (Hepatica spp.; Marchantiopsida spp.)
• lungwort (Pulmonaria spp.)
• toothwort (Cardamine subg. Dentaria spp.)
• woundwort (Stachys spp. etc)

Translations

a type of fern

• Bulgarian: изтравниче n (iztravniče)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵角蕨／铁角蕨 (tiějiǎojué)

• Finnish: raunioinen (fi)
• German: Streifenfarn m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄσπληνον n (ásplēnon)

• Hungarian: fodorka (hu)
• Japanese: チャセンシダ (chasenshida)
• Kazakh: асплениум (asplenium)
• Maori: makawe (mi), huruhuruwhenua
• Ottoman Turkish: طالاق اوتی (dalak otu)
• Polish: zanokcica (pl) f
• Welsh: duegredyn f pl

See also

• doctrine of signatures (Paracelsus); (spleenwort being a treatment for spitefulness/spleen ailments)

References

• “spleenwort, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914.
• “Spleenwort”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• spleenwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asplenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Asplenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• snow petrel