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Adiantum capillus-veneris

DEFINITIONS OF: Adiantum capillus-veneris

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n delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan

Synonyms:
Venus maidenhair, Venus'-hair fern, Venushair, common maidenhair, southern maidenhair
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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