maidenhair
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maidenhair
- /ˈmeɪdənhɛː/ UK
- /ˈmeɪdənhɛəɹ/ US
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From maiden + hair.
noun maidenhairs · maiden-hair
- A woman's pubic hair. He fingered shreds of hair, her maidenhair, her mermaid's, into the bowl
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Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.
Our common Maidenhair does from a number of hard black fibres, send forth a great many blacking shining brittle stalks, hardly a span long [...].
Similar: maidenhair fern
- Either of two ericaceous plants: creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula) or checkerberry (G. procumbens).
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noun fern
| 한국어 | 공작고사리 gongjakgosari |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 鐵線蕨 /铁线蕨 tiěxiànjué |
| Português | avenca |
| Français | capillaire, adiante |
| Deutsch | Frauenhaarfarn, Frauenhaar, Venushaar |
| Italiano | capelvenere |
| Ελληνικά | αδίαντο adíanto |
| Română | părul-fetei |
| Русский | вене́рин во́лос venérin vólos, адиа́нтум adiántum |
| العربية | كُزْبَرَة الْبِئْر kuzbara l-biʔr |
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