brittle maidenhair fern

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   tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated

   Synonymsbrittle maidenhairAdiantum tenerum

   Broadermaidenhair

   NarrowerFarley maidenhair

Questions about brittle maidenhair fern

What does brittle maidenhair fern mean?

brittle maidenhair fern means "tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated".

What is another word for brittle maidenhair fern?

Close synonyms include brittle maidenhair, Adiantum tenerum. 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 brittle maidenhair fern a common word?

brittle maidenhair fern 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.