Maidenhair fern
/ˈmeɪdənˌhɛə/
noun
1.
any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets: family Adiantaceae
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