maidenhair

Definition of maidenhair

maid´en`hair`
n.1.(Bot.) Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having very slender graceful stalks and delicate palmately branched fronds, especially (Adiantum pedatum). It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair.

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Adiantum, Adiantum bellum, Adiantum capillus-veneris, Adiantum pedatum, Adiantum tenerum, American maidenhair fern, Bermuda maidenhair, Bermuda maidenhair fern, brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern, common maidenhair, fern, five-fingered maidenhair fern, genus Adiantum, maidenhair fern, southern maidenhair, Venus maidenhair, Venus'-hair fern, Venushair
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