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 […].

Translations

maidenhair — see maidenhair