maidenhair, maidenhair fern
(noun) any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maidenhair (countable and uncountable, plural maidenhairs)
(uncountable) a woman's pubic hair
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris
Designating various types of moss or flowering plants.
(North America, now regional) Either of two ericaceous plants, the creeping snowberry or the checkerberry.
• (fern): maidenhair fern
Source: Wiktionary
Maid"en*hair`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. 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. Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass.
– Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2024
(verb) interrupt a trip; “we stopped at Aunt Mary’s house”; “they stopped for three days in Florence”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
