spleenwort

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

spleenwort
    n 1: any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus
         Asplenium

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spleenwort \Spleen"wort`\, n. [Spleen + wort; cf. L. splenium,
   asplenium, Gr. ????, ????, ???. ] (Bot.)
   Any fern of the genus {Asplenium}, some species of which were
   anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
   [1913 Webster]