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BRITTLE MAIDENHAIR FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
Synonyms:
Adiantum tenerum; brittle maidenhair; brittle maidenhair fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brittle maidenhair fern" 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 fern"):
Adiantum tenerum farleyense; Barbados maidenhair; Farley maidenhair; Farley maidenhair fern; glory fern (named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered)
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