Either of two ferns with delicate fronds, the maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris, and maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes (see maide…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > maidenhair fern (12) waterwortOE Either of two ferns with delicate fronds, the maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris, and maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes (see maide… maidenhairc1300 Either of two types of fern, not clearly distinguished in early use, with delicate fronds and hairlike stalks: (a) Adiantum capillus-veneris, a… adianthus1526 A fern of the genus Adiantum; a maidenhair fern (cf. maidenhair, n. 1(a)). Also adianthus fern. Cf. adiantum, n. maidenweed1526 Any of several plants with finely divided leaves; esp. (a) stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula; (b) hog's fennel or sulphurweed, Peucedanum officinale… adiantum1548 Any fern included or formerly included in the genus Adiantum (family Pteridaceae), comprising ferns with bright green, wedge-shape pinnules on… coliander1548 Applied to the Maiden-hair Fern (Adiantum Capillus-Veneris); in full, coliander maidens-hair. polytrichon1550 Either of two ferns (often not clearly distinguished): maidenhair, Adiantum capillus-veneris (= maidenhair, n. 1(a)), and maidenhair spleenwort, A… Venus' hair1551 transferred. In names of plants having foliage fancifully likened to hair: as Isis hair, Lady's hair n. at lady, n. compounds 3c, maidenhair, n., V… well-fern1565 the maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris. Our Lady's hair1597 maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris. capillary1646 Botany. A name given apparently at first to the Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum capillus Veneris (in ancient Latin Capillus Veneris and herba capillaris… maidenhair fern1833 = sense 1(a). |
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