black spleenwort

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   spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent

   SynonymsAsplenium adiantum-nigrum

   Broaderspleenwort

Questions about black spleenwort

What does black spleenwort mean?

black spleenwort means "spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent".

What is another word for black spleenwort?

Close synonyms include Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black spleenwort a common word?

black spleenwort is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.