noun
any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
• Syn: ↑maidenhair
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Hyponyms:
↑common maidenhair, ↑Venushair, ↑Venus'-hair fern, ↑southern maidenhair, ↑Venus maidenhair, ↑Adiantum capillus-veneris, ↑American maidenhair fern, ↑five-fingered maidenhair fern, ↑Adiantum pedatum, ↑Bermuda maidenhair, ↑Bermuda maidenhair fern, ↑Adiantum bellum, ↑brittle maidenhair, ↑brittle maidenhair fern, ↑Adiantum tenerum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Adiantum, ↑genus Adiantum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.