genus adiantum

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   cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

   SynonymsAdiantum

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofPteridaceae

Questions about genus adiantum

What does genus adiantum mean?

genus adiantum means "cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae".

What is another word for genus adiantum?

Close synonyms include Adiantum. 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 genus adiantum a common word?

genus adiantum 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.