- 1. n. A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair. Source: opted
- 2. n. any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds Source: wordnet
- 3. A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair. Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass. -- Maiden tree. See Ginkgo. Source: webster
- 4. A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slendergraceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimesused in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of thesame genus, as to the Venus-hair. Maiden grass, the smaller quakinggrass.-- Maiden tree. See Ginkgo. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds Source: ecdict
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