maidenhair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of maidenhair
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at maiden, hair
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Plant maidenhair spleenwort in a container, where you can appreciate its beauty up close.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
Jianbin Yan, a plant physiologist at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences’s Agricultural Genomics Institute, and colleagues found similar parallels in a maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 22, 2022
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
In explaining the utility of plant collecting for the gardener, he points out a clump of Southern maidenhair fern, a species not considered hardy in northern states.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2019
The water roars and tumbles below us, sending up a soft spray that nurtures mosses and maidenhair ferns where it falls.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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