The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
maidenhair — UK [ˈmeɪd(ə)nˌheə(r)] / US [ˈmeɪd(ə)nˌher] or maidenhair fern UK / US noun [uncountable] a type of plant with thin delicate leaves … English dictionary
maidenhair — [mād′ nher΄] n. any of a genus (Adiantum) of ferns with delicate fronds and slender black stalks: also maidenhair fern … English World dictionary
maidenhair — n. (in full maidenhair fern) a fern of the genus Adiantum, esp. A. capillus veneris, with fine hairlike stalks and delicate fronds. Phrases and idioms: maidenhair tree = GINKGO … Useful english dictionary
maidenhair — noun see maidenhair fern … New Collegiate Dictionary
maidenhair — noun The maidenhair fern … Wiktionary
maidenhair — maid·en·hair mād ən .ha(ə)r, .he(ə)r n any of the genus Adiantum of ferns including two No. American forms (A. pedatum and the Venushair, A. capillus veneris) that have been used in the preparation of expectorants and demulcents called also… … Medical dictionary
maidenhair — maid|en|hair [ meıdn,her ] or ,maidenhair fern noun uncount a type of plant with thin delicate leaves … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
maidenhair — (also maidenhair fern) noun a fern having slender stalked fronds with small round or wedge shaped divided lobes. [Adiantum capillus veneris and related species.] … English new terms dictionary
maidenhair — adiantas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Adiantinių (Adiantaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Adiantum). atitikmenys: lot. Adiantum angl. maidenhair; maidenhairfern vok. Frauenhaar; Frauenhaarfarn; Lappenfarn rus. адиант; адиантум lenk. adiantum; … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
