HyperDic: brittle_maidenhair_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression brittle maidenhair fern:
NOUNplantbrittle maidenhair fern, brittle maidenhair, Adiantum tenerumtropical American fern with broad pinnae
English > brittle maidenhair fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated.
Synonymsbrittle maidenhair, Adiantum tenerum
NarrowerFarley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, Adiantum tenerum farleyensenamed for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Broadermaidenhair, maidenhair fernAny of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds

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