brittle maidenhair

Thesaurus

Noun

1.brittle maidenhair - tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivatedAdiantum tenerum, brittle maidenhair fernmaidenhair, maidenhair fern - any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched frondsAdiantum tenerum farleyense, Barbados maidenhair, Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, glory fern - named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered