Meaning

3 senses
  1. (poetic, uncountable)A woman's pubic hair.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.

    Frauenhaarfarn, Frauenhaar, Venushaar

    вене́рин во́лосvenérin vólos, адиа́нтумadiántum

    вене́рин во́лосvenéryn vólos, адиа́нтумadyántum, адіантadiant

  3. (Canada, US, countable, regional, uncountable)Either of two ericaceous plants: creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula) or checkerberry (G. procumbens).

More definitions
  • any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds

Translations

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Origin

From maiden + hair.

From maiden + hair.

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Forms

plural: maidenhairs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds:maidenhair fern

Word family

4 related words

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