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Venus's-hair

[ vee-nuh-siz-hair ]

noun

  1. a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.


Venus's-hair

noun

  1. a fragile maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris, of tropical and subtropical America, having fan-shaped leaves and a black stem


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Venus's-hair1

First recorded in 1540–50

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