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单词 maidenhair
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
maid•en•hair  (mādn hâr′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany fern of the genus Adiantum, the cultivated species of which have fine, glossy stalks and delicate, finely divided fronds.
  • 1325–75; Middle English; see maiden, hair

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
maidenhair fern, maidenhair /ˈmeɪdənˌhɛə/ n
  1. any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets: family Adiantaceae
Etymology: 15th Century: so called from the hairlike appearance of its fine fronds
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