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Adiantum (maidenhair fern) is a genus of about 200 species of ferns in the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek, meaning "not wetting", referring to the fronds ' ability to shed water without becoming wet.
maid´en`hair` n. 1. (Bot.) Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having very slender graceful stalks and delicate palmately branched fronds ...
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Maiden's hair or maidenhair can refer to one of several groups of plants: Maiden's hair plant, one of several green seaweeds: Maiden's hair plant, one of several species of the genus Chlorodesmis; Maiden's hair plant, one of several species of the genus Caulerpa; Maidenhair moss, a species of moss: Fissidens adianthoides; Maidenhair fern, one of several ferns of the genus Adiantum; Maidenhair spleenwort, a species of fern: Asplenium trichomanes; Maidenhair tree, a name for the ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba), called thus because its ...
any of a genus (Adiantum) of ferns with delicate fronds and slender black stalks
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maidenhair tree: see ginkgo ginkgo (gĭng`kō) or maidenhair tree, tall, slender, picturesque deciduous tree (Ginkgo biloba..... Click the link for more information.
noun . any fern of the genus Adiantum, the cultivated species of which have fine, glossy stalks and delicate, finely divided fronds.
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