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maidenhair fern
/ ˈmeɪdənˌhɛə /
noun
- any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets: family Adiantaceae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maidenhair fern1
C15: so called from the hairlike appearance of its fine fronds
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Example Sentences
It was fed from a spring from above, which flowed down a gully thickly festooned with maidenhair fern.
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It is called the Maidenhair tree, because its leaves resemble those of the Maidenhair fern.
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The maidenhair fern grew in masses, covering dead trunks of trees and making solid walls of delicate green beside the trail.
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It is effectively combined with violets, or lilies-of-the-valley and maidenhair fern.
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She appreciated the delicacy of the centre-piece of maidenhair-fern, veiling with its cloud of green a few flame-like jonquils.
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