barbados maidenhair

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   named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered

   SynonymsFarley maidenhairFarley maidenhair fernglory fernAdiantum tenerum farleyense

   Broaderbrittle maidenhair

Questions about barbados maidenhair

What does barbados maidenhair mean?

barbados maidenhair means "named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered".

What is another word for barbados maidenhair?

Close synonyms include Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, glory fern, Adiantum tenerum farleyense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is barbados maidenhair a common word?

barbados maidenhair is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.