Associations to the word «Maidenhair»

Wiktionary

MAIDENHAIR, noun. Either of two species of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris
MAIDENHAIR, noun. Designating various types of moss or flowering plants.
MAIDENHAIR, noun. (North America) (now regional) Either of two ericaceous plants, the creeping snowberry or the checkerberry.
MAIDENHAIR FERN, noun. Maidenhair.
MAIDENHAIR TREE, noun. Ginkgo biloba.

Dictionary definition

MAIDENHAIR, noun. Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds.

Wise words

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