Either of two types of fern, not clearly distinguished in early use, with delicate fronds and hairlike stalks: (a) Adiantum capillus-veneris, a…

the rusty-back fern, Asplenium ceterach.

= ceterach, n., so called from the scales clothing the back of the fronds.

an old name for the fern wall rue n. at wall, n.1 compounds 2c, Asplenium Ruta-muraria.

a small fern, Asplenium Ruta-muraria.

An old name for a small fern, the Wall Rue, Asplenium Ruta-muraria.

A genus of ferns, having the back of the fronds thickly covered with scales among which the sori are hidden. One small species with simply pinnate…

Asplenium Ceterach; also applied to other ferns growing in stony places (see quots.).

the fern maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes, found among rocks and in crevices in walls.

a common fern of woods, etc., Dryopteris filix-mas; spec. this fern in the strict sense, as distinct from any of the segregates of it now commonly…

The rustyback fern, Asplenium ceterach.

One or other of various ferns belonging to the genus Asplenium; also, the genus itself.

The fern Asplenium Ceterach, also called stone fern (stone, n. compounds 2c). Obsolete.

wall rue, Asplenium ruta-muraria.

= miltwaste, n.

any of several ferns related to hart's tongue, Asplenium scolopendrium; esp. the Mediterranean fern A. sagittata, with sagittate fronds.

(also rusty-back fern) any of several ferns with rust-coloured sori or scales on the fronds; (in later use) spec. Asplenium ceterach (family Aspleni…

(more fully common maidenhair spleenwort) a common spleenwort of rocks and walls, Asplenium trichomanes, which has simply pinnate fronds and a black…

a fern, Asplenium marinum, growing on the rocky coasts of Western Europe.

A fern, the sea-spleenwort.

scaly fern or scaly spleenwort, the ceterach. scaly water-moss, Fontinalis squamosa.

Any fern included or formerly included in the genus Adiantum (family Pteridaceae), comprising ferns with bright green, wedge-shape pinnules on…