maidenhair fern

English

Noun

maidenhair fern (plural maidenhair ferns)

  1. Maidenhair (Adiantum spp.).
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 533:
      Hissao looked at the bottle with the polite attention another son might bestow on his mother's favourite maidenhair fern, or on a pear tree […].

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