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maidenhair fern
maid·en·hair fern M0039300 (mād′n-hâr′)n. Any of various ferns of the genus Adiantum, having delicate feathery fronds with slender dark stalks.
[From the fine stalks of its fronds or its masses of fine root hairs.]maidenhair fern (ˈmeɪdənˌhɛə) or maidenhairn (Plants) any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets: family Adiantaceae[C15: so called from the hairlike appearance of its fine fronds]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  maidenhair fern - any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched frondsmaidenhairfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesAdiantum, genus Adiantum - cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or AdiantaceaeAdiantum capillus-veneris, common maidenhair, southern maidenhair, Venus maidenhair, Venushair, Venus'-hair fern - delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitanAdiantum pedatum, American maidenhair fern, five-fingered maidenhair fern - hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipesAdiantum bellum, Bermuda maidenhair, Bermuda maidenhair fern - delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstockAdiantum tenerum, brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern - tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated |
Translationsmaidenhair fern
maidenhair fern, maidenhair any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets: family Adiantaceae Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum), a genus of ferns of the family Polypodiaceae. The genus is found almost everywhere, but the greatest number of species, about 200, are found in South America. There are two species in the USSR: A. pedatum in the Far East and A. capillus-veneris in the Caucasus, the Crimea, and Middle Asia. A. capillus-veneris is a tender ornamental with double or triple pinnatifid, delicate leaves on long, dark brown petioles. This species and many others are grown in rooms and greenhouses. maidenhair fern
Synonyms for maidenhair fernnoun any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched frondsSynonymsRelated Words- fern
- Adiantum
- genus Adiantum
- Adiantum capillus-veneris
- common maidenhair
- southern maidenhair
- Venus maidenhair
- Venushair
- Venus'-hair fern
- Adiantum pedatum
- American maidenhair fern
- five-fingered maidenhair fern
- Adiantum bellum
- Bermuda maidenhair
- Bermuda maidenhair fern
- Adiantum tenerum
- brittle maidenhair
- brittle maidenhair fern
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