ADIANTUM

Meaning of ADIANTUM in English

noun a genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

ADIANTUM — ˌadēˈantəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek adianton maindenhair, from neuter of adiantos unwetted, from a- a- (II) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADIANTUM — (n.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
Английский словарь Webster
ADIANTUM — ( n. ) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ADIANTUM — n. 1 any fern of the genus Adiantum, e.g. maidenhair. 2 (in general use) a spleenwort. [L f. Gk adianton …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ADIANTUM — n. 1 any fern of the genus Adiantum, e.g. maidenhair. 2 (in general use) a spleenwort. [ L f. Gk …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ADIANTUM — n.1 any fern of the genus Adiantum, e.g. maidenhair. 2 (in general use) a spleenwort. Etymology: L f. Gk adianton …
Oxford English vocab
VENUS-HAIR — noun Date: 1548 a delicate maidenhair fern ( Adiantum capillus-veneris ) that grows chiefly on wet calcareous rocks
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAIDENHAIR FERN — noun Date: 1833 any of a genus ( Adiantum ) of ferns with delicate palmately branched fronds
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VENUSHAIR — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun or venus'-hair fern Usage: usually capitalized V Etymology: Venus, Roman goddess of love + hair : a delicate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAIDENHAIR — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or maidenhair fern Etymology: maidenhair from Middle English maidenheer, from maiden + heer hair; intended as translation of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FARLEY MAIDENHAIR — ˈfärlē- noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: Farley Hill, country house in Barbados where it was discovered : a brittle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALIFORNIA MAINDENHAIR — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a delicate California fern ( Adiantum emarginatum ) resembling the common maidenhair but having …
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BRITTLE MAIDENHAIR — noun : a tropical American fern ( Adiantum tenerum ) with broad pinnae — see farley maidenhair
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BLACK SPLEENWORT — noun : a European spleenwort ( Asplenium adiantum-nigrum ) having foliage that resembles that of the maidenhair and yielding an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BERMUDA MAIDENHAIR — noun Usage: usually capitalized B : a delicate endemic Bermudian fern ( Adiantum bellum ) with a creeping rootstock
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAIDENHAIR — (n.) A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United …
Английский словарь Webster
MAIDENHAIR — ( n. ) A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS'S-HAIR — /vee"neuh siz hair"/ , n. a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris. [ 1540-50 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAIDENHAIR — /mayd"n hair'/ , n. any fern of the genus Adiantum, the cultivated species of which have fine, glossy stalks and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS-HAIR — noun Date: 1548 : a delicate maidenhair fern ( Adiantum capillus-veneris ) that grows chiefly on wet calcareous rocks
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAIDENHAIR FERN — noun Date: 1833 : any of a genus ( Adiantum ) of ferns with delicate palmately branched fronds — called …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAIDENHAIR — noun a fern of the genus adiantum (a. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. it is common in the united …
Webster English vocab
MAIDENHAIR — (also ~ fern ) ■ noun a fern having slender-stalked fronds with small round or wedge-shaped divided lobes. [ Adiantum …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MAIDENHAIR FERN — [maid.en.hair fern] n (1833): any of a genus (Adiantum) of ferns with delicate palmately branched fronds--called also maidenhair
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VENUSHAIR — [Ve.nus.hair] n (1548): a delicate maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) that grows chiefly on wet calcareous rocks
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FERN
Britannica English vocabulary
ADIANTACEAE — one of several families in the fern order Filicales. It consists of about 60 genera with 850 species and is …
Britannica English vocabulary
WALL — n. & v. --n. 1 a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAIDENHAIR — n. (in full maidenhair fern) a fern of the genus Adiantum, esp. A. capillus-veneris, with fine hairlike stalks and delicate …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOCK-HAIR FERN — - maiden hair fern адиантум стоповидный (Adiantum pedatum); адиантум венерин волос (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LOCK-HAIR FERN — = maiden hair fern адиантум стоповидный ( Adiantum pedatum ) ; адиантум венерин волос ( Adiantum capillus-veneris )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

Webster English vocab

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