What is "maidenhair fern"

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.

maidenhair fern \maidenhair fern\ n. See maidenhair.

n. maidenhair.

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