noun
cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
• Syn: ↑Adiantum
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridaceae, ↑family Pteridaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑maidenhair, ↑maidenhair fern
Useful english dictionary. 2012.