Noun: common maidenhair
- Delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
"Common maidenhair ferns add delicate texture to shaded gardens";
- Venushair, Venus'-hair fern, southern maidenhair, Venus maidenhair, Adiantum capillus-veneris
Derived forms: common maidenhairs
Type of: maidenhair, maidenhair fern
Encyclopedia: Common maidenhair