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Spleenwort (Noun)

Any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium.

Nouns denoting plants.

The spleenwort grew in the shaded crevices of the rocky cliff face, where few other plants could survive.
Botanists have long studied spleenwort to understand the adaptations that enable this fern to thrive in difficult environments.
Spleenwort often forms dense colonies on tree trunks and rocks in damp, shaded forests.
In the mountainous region, the most common type of fern was the delicate spleenwort that clung to granite outcroppings.
A specialized root system allows spleenwort to absorb moisture and nutrients from the thin layer of soil on rocky outcroppings.