BRITTLE MAIDENHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brittle maidenhair mean? 

• BRITTLE MAIDENHAIR (noun)
  The noun BRITTLE MAIDENHAIR has 1 sense:

1. tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITTLE MAIDENHAIR (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adiantum tenerum; brittle maidenhair; brittle maidenhair fern

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

maidenhair; maidenhair fern (any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brittle maidenhair"):

Adiantum tenerum farleyense; Barbados maidenhair; Farley maidenhair; Farley maidenhair fern; glory fern (named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered)