maidenhair
- 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 .