brittle_maidenhair_fern (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *brittle maidenhair fern*:
NOUN	plant	brittle maidenhair fern, brittle maidenhair, Adiantum tenerum	tropical American fern with broad pinnae

English > *brittle maidenhair fern*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated.
Synonyms	brittle maidenhair, Adiantum tenerum
Narrower	Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, Adiantum tenerum farleyense	named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Broader	maidenhair, maidenhair fern	Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds

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