spleenwort

spleenwort

English

maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)

Etymology

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

Noun

spleenwort (plural spleenworts)

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

Synonyms

• asplenium

Related terms

• liverwort
• lungwort (“pulmonaria”)
• toothwort (“dentaria”)
• woundwort

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)

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
• spleenwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asplenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Asplenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• snow petrel