maidenhair \maid"en*hair`\, 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]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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