Asplenium

asplenium

(æˈspliːnɪəm) n1. (Plants) any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae. See also spleenwort2. (Botany) any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae. See also spleenwort[New Latin, from Latin asplēnum, from Greek asplēnon spleenwort, from a- not + splēn spleen (from its reputed medicinal properties)]

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Asplenium - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceaegenus Aspleniumfern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesAspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneriaspleenwort - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus AspleniumAsplenium nidus, bird's nest fern - tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotchesAsplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern - Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate frondsAsplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarum, scale fern, scaly fern - small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds