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)

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

Synonyms

asplenium

Derived terms

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

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