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Adiantum tenerum

DEFINITIONS OF: Adiantum tenerum

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n tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated

Synonyms:
brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern
Types:
Adiantum tenerum farleyense, Barbados maidenhair, Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, glory fern
named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Type of:
maidenhair, maidenhair fern
any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
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