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Definition of Maidenhair fern
1. Noun. Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Adiantum, Genus Adiantum
Specialized synonyms: Adiantum Capillus-veneris, Common Maidenhair, Southern Maidenhair, Venus Maidenhair, Venus'-hair Fern, Venushair, Adiantum Pedatum, American Maidenhair Fern, Five-fingered Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum Bellum, Bermuda Maidenhair, Bermuda Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum Tenerum, Brittle Maidenhair, Brittle Maidenhair Fern
Definition of Maidenhair fern
1. Noun. Any of several ferns, of the genus ''Adiantum'', having delicate palmately branched fronds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maidenhair Fern
Literary usage of Maidenhair fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Woman's Book: Dealing Practically with the Modern Conditions of Home (1894)
"With a number of pots one has a store to draw on through the winter, it being
maidenhair fern (Adiantum). simply necessary to bring them into an ..."
2. Anthology of Verse, 1916-1919 (1919)
"maidenhair fern Why are you pressed within this ponderous book, Dainty maidenhair
fern ... Or did some happy bride from her bouquet, Dainty maidenhair fern, ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"A. Capillus -veneris, the British maidenhair fern, is best in a sheltered nook
... Its Maidenhair-Fern-like leaves are borne on slender twining stems with ..."
4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1879)
"... and maidenhair fern, no bowls being used upon the table, but a wreath of cut
Fuchsias arranged around a central plateau bearing a cup. ..."
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