black spleenwort

Definitions of black spleenwort
  1. noun
    spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent
    synonyms: Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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    spleenwort
    any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
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