Maidenhair

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}]