maidenhair
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- noun
- /ˈmeɪdənˌhɛr/
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helecho maidenhair
- The nursery specializes in tropical plants, including stunning varieties of maidenhair ferns.
- maidenhair fern
- maidenhair tree
- northern maidenhair
Examples
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Kathryn's Quilt with Maidenhair Panto
Blog text (33) -
Maidenhair.
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"She was painting a watercolor of the light as it dripped through a maidenhair fern in the window.
Fiction book (1993) -
Likewise, at a glance, he could differentiate maidenhair fern from oak fern or bracken, or lichen from moss.
Fiction book (2002) -
The maidenhair fern is known for its delicate, lacy fronds that look like hair.
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In my garden, I planted a maidenhair fern beside the pond to enjoy its graceful appearance.
Synonyms
A plant with thin, fan-shaped leaves that grows in moist shade and is often kept indoors
Compounds
A delicate fern from Bermuda that grows from creeping roots in shady moist places
A small, delicate fern from Bermuda with thin leaves and stems that spread along the ground
A tropical American fern that people often grow for its broad divided leaves
A tropical fern with thin, easily broken leaves often grown indoors for its pretty look
A fern with thin, delicate leaves that climbs or trails over rocks and walls
A North American fern with leaves like a fan that curve back and shiny dark red stems
A tropical fern with delicate fan-shaped leaves often grown for decoration
- Specialized
A type of fern with delicate, fan-shaped leaves often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A small decorative fern with delicate fan-shaped leaves often grown indoors
A North American plant with shiny dark red stems and leaves shaped like five fingers
A low evergreen bush that grows close to the ground with white flowers and rough white seeds
A plant with thin, fan-shaped leaves that grows in moist shade and is often kept indoors
- Specialized
A small fern with bright yellow-green leaves that grows close to the ground
A delicate fern with thin shiny black leaf stalks and bending leaves that grows in shade near water
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Maidenhair comes from the words maiden ('young woman') and hair ('hair'), because the fern's thin, soft leaves look like a young woman's hair. So a maidenhair is a delicate fern with hair-like leaves, and that picture makes the name easy to remember.