[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maidenhair \maid"enhair`\, 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
see also:
adiantum adiantum pedatum 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

adiantum pedatum
     n : hardy palmately branched north american fern with divergent
         recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
         syn: american maidenhair fern, five-fingered
         maidenhair fern
see also:
american maidenhair fern five-fingered maidenhair fern 

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