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  • n  any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds

  • The White House Week Pink carnations, maidenhair ferns, golden candlesticks, 50 empty chairs were seen in the state dining salon of the White House.
  • Amid pink chrysanthemums and maidenhair fern, and to the melodious murmuring of the Marine Band Orchestra, the Cabinet et ux.
  • The ginkgo or "maidenhair tree" (so called because its leaves resemble maidenhair fern) is a member of the gymnosperms, most primitive of seed plants, and is a relic of the Age .
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  • GOLDEN GINKGO
    The Ginkgo tree, also called the Maidenhair tree, is one of the oldest tree species on the planet, ginkgo grows only about a foot a year, reaching 50 to 80 feet. Female trees set fleshy fruit that smell unpleasant as they decay; they contain edible nuts.
    Nov. 20, 2013 - The Vicksburg Post

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