2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: maidenhair \maid"en*hair`\, maidenhair fern \maidenhair fern\, n. (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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: maidenhair n : any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds [syn: {maidenhair fern}]
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