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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Spleen

wort

; cf. L.

splenium

asplenium

, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. ]

(Bot.)

Any fern of the genus

Asplenium

, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.

Noun.

[L.] A plant of the genus Asplenium; miltwaste.