genus adiantum

Noun
  1. Cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns;
    In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae (synset 113227482)
    is a type of: fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies
    member holonym: maidenhair, maidenhair fern - any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
    belongs to: family pteridaceae, pteridaceae - one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
    same as: adiantum

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