adiantum pedatum

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adiantum pedatum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

adiantum pedatum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Adiantum pedatum
      n 1: hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent
           recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
           [syn: American maidenhair fern, five-fingered maidenhair fern
           , Adiantum pedatum]