spleenwort
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From spleen + wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.
Noun[edit]
spleenwort (countable and uncountable, plural spleenworts)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- liverwort (Hepatica spp.; Marchantiopsida spp.)
- lungwort (Pulmonaria spp.)
- toothwort (Cardamine subg. Dentaria spp.)
- woundwort (Stachys spp. etc)
Translations[edit]
a type of fern
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See also[edit]
- doctrine of signatures (Paracelsus); (spleenwort being a treatment for spitefulness/spleen ailments)
References[edit]
- “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