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[syn: Adiantum, genus Adiantum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adiantum \Ad`i*an"tum\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'adi`anton, maidenhair;
'a priv. + diai`nein to wet.] (Bot.)
A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair.
Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Adiantum
n 1: cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some
classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or
Adiantaceae [syn: Adiantum, genus Adiantum]