Adiantum
- noun
- /ˌeɪdiˈæntəm/
- Specialized
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Adiantum
- The Adiantum plant thrives in humid environments, displaying its elegant, fan-shaped fronds.
Examples
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In many gardens, Adiantum is favored for its unique appearance and ability to tolerate low light.
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As a popular houseplant, Adiantum adds a touch of green with its delicate leaves that seem to dance in the breeze.
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Ranker and colleagues (1994) used allozymic evidence to show that the inbreeding polyploid Asplenium adiantum-nigrum had at least three and possibly as many as 17 separate introductions to Hawaii.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
A plant with thin, fan-shaped leaves that grows in moist shade and is often kept indoors
Compounds
- Specialized
A delicate fern with thin shiny black stems and small light green leaves
- Specialized
A delicate fern with feathery leaves and spreading roots that grows only in Bermuda
- Specialized
A fern from tropical America with broad, delicate leaves people grow in shaded gardens
- Specialized
A hardy North American fern with shiny dark stalks and fan shaped leaves that grows in cool shade
- Specialized
A small fern with dark green divided leaves that grows on rocks and is used in medicine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Adiantum comes from the Greek word adiantos, which means 'not wet'. People gave this name because water seems to run off the thin, delicate leaves of the maidenhair ferns, so the root helps you remember the plant's dry-looking, shiny leaf surface.
