maidenhair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A woman's pubic hair.
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.
Either of two ericaceous plants, the creeping snowberry or the checkerberry.

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maidenhair maidenhairs maiden-hair

From maiden + hair.

maidenhair fern

climbing maidenhair fern maidenhair moss maidenhair spleenwort maidenhair tree maidenhair vine northern maidenhair

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