1. cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae; [syn: Adiantum, genus Adiantum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Adiantum
n 1: cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some
classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or
Adiantaceae [syn: Adiantum, genus Adiantum]