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EBONY SPLEENWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ebony spleenwort mean?
• EBONY SPLEENWORT (noun)
The noun EBONY SPLEENWORT has 1 sense:
1. common North American fern with polished black stripes
Familiarity information: EBONY SPLEENWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common North American fern with polished black stripes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asplenium platyneuron; ebony spleenwort; Scott's Spleenwort
Hypernyms ("ebony spleenwort" is a kind of...):
spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)
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