Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spleenwort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spleenwort
n : any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus
Asplenium
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