maidenhair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of maidenhair
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at maiden, hair
Example Sentences
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In 2019, Corteva reported that genes for proteins found in maidenhair ferns could protect soybeans from soybean looper and velvetbean caterpillars, and since then both groups have sharpened their focus on ferns.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 16, 2023
Q: Can someone help resolve a problem I am having with my maidenhair ferns?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
And then, sure, like I like to take on a fun challenge now and again with a more difficult plant to care for — but I have never been successful keeping a maidenhair fern alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
Walczak took me to see a clearing where he had planted a mass of New York ferns behind a single glade fern and a few Northern maidenhair ferns.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2015
Beside this tiny stream, wherever enough earth collected for root-hold, colonies of plants grew, wild grape and little palms, maidenhair fern, hibiscus, and tall pampas grass with feathery rods raised above the spike leaves.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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