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maidenhair

maidenhair \maid"en*hair`\, maidenhair fern \maidenhair fern\, n. (Bot.) Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having very slender graceful stalks and delicate palmately branched fronds, especially ( Adiantum pedatum). 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.

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maidenhair

n. 1 Either of two species of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially (taxlink Adiantum capillus-veneris species noshow=1) 2 Designating various types of moss or flowering plants. 3 (context North America now regional English) Either of two ericaceous plants, the (vern creeping snowberry pedia=1) or the checkerberry.

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maidenhair

n. any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds [syn: maidenhair fern]

Usage examples of "maidenhair".

One huge gingko tree, topping all the others, shot its great limbs and maidenhair foliage over the fort which we had constructed.

Lately I saw a highly colored composition of green peas, grated carrots, tomato jelly, shrimp, maidenhair fern and pimiento which I regarded as little, if at all, inferior to the Mona Lisa.

Tongue, the Maidenhair, the common Polypody, the Spleenwort, and the Wall Rue.

There be some who do give these tabid or consumptives a certain posset made with lime-water and anise and liquorice and raisins of the sun, and there be other some who do give the juice of craw-fishes boiled in barley-water with chickenbroth, but these be toys, as I do think, and ye shall find as good virtue, nay better, in this syrup of the simple called Maidenhair.

The brook, of which the banks were clothed with dense masses of a gigantic species of maidenhair fern interspersed with feathery tufts of wild asparagus, sung merrily at our side, the soft air murmured through the leaves of the silver trees, doves cooed around, and bright-winged birds flashed like living gems from bough to bough.

There be some who do give these tabid or consumptives a certain posset made with lime-water and anise and liquorice and raisins of the sun, and there be other some who do give the juice of craw-fishes boiled in barley-water with chickenbroth, but these be toys, as I do think, and ye shall find as good virtue, nay better, in this syrup of the simple called Maidenhair.

In the interstices there used to be a great deal of Adiantum nigrum - black maidenhair, but it has disappeared.

It is sometimes called Black Maidenhair, and has medicinal virtues similar to other Maidenhairs, a decoction of it relieving a troublesome cough and proving also a good hair wash.

The natural dam held back a botanic garden of greenery: vertical walls bearded with maidenhair ferns, beds of lush watercress, myriads of colorful flowers Tommy could not identify.

A tea derived from our Common Maidenhair, a simple little fern, common on old walls, with long, simply pinnate fronds, their sori arranged on the back in oblique lines, has also demulcent effect.

Thus they missed the maidenhair fern gardens at Elves Chasm in Royal Arch Creek, the numerous spectacular side canyons of the Middle Granite Gorge, and the chance for a refreshing shower bath under beautiful Deer Creek Falls at Mile 136.

Here on the landing, high above the castle, maidenhair ferns and a few morning glories trailed up the rock, their purple flowers opening wide.

Mac seemed to have been reading this sweet language of symbols, to have guessed why Charlie's little picture was framed in white roses, why pansies hung about his own, why Psyche was half hidden among feathery sprays of maidenhair, and a purple passion flower lay at Cupid's feet.

The Wall Rue, named by some old writers Salvis vitae, also White Maidenhair, is a small fern, only 2 to 3 inches high, growing in tufts and embedded in the crevices and joints of walls.