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BLACK SPLEENWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black spleenwort mean?
• BLACK SPLEENWORT (noun)
The noun BLACK SPLEENWORT has 1 sense:
1. spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent
Familiarity information: BLACK SPLEENWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum; black spleenwort
Hypernyms ("black spleenwort" is a kind of...):
spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)
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