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
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
