maidenhair
maidenhair · maidenhairs
венерин волос, адиантум, адіант
венерин волос, адиантум
Frauenhaarfarn, Frauenhaar, Venushaar
A woman's pubic hairA woman's pubic hair.
UK/ˈmeɪdənhɛː/US/ˈmeɪdənhɛəɹ/
Meaning
3 senses(poetic, uncountable)A woman's pubic hair.
(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
(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: maidenhairsSynonyms
1 synonymsfern:maidenhair fern
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 wordsLessons for this word
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