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BARBADOS MAIDENHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Barbados maidenhair mean? 

BARBADOS MAIDENHAIR (noun)
  The noun BARBADOS MAIDENHAIR has 1 sense:

1. named for a country house in Barbados where it was discoveredplay

  Familiarity information: BARBADOS MAIDENHAIR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARBADOS MAIDENHAIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adiantum tenerum farleyense; Barbados maidenhair; Farley maidenhair; Farley maidenhair fern; glory fern

Hypernyms ("Barbados maidenhair" is a kind of...):

Adiantum tenerum; brittle maidenhair; brittle maidenhair fern (tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated)


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