NOUN
- cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
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- Naturally enough the greater number are rock ferns -- pellaea, cheilanthes, polypodium, adiantum, woodsia, cryptogramma, etc., with small tufted fronds, lining cool glens and fringing the seams of the cliffs. The Yosemite
- Adiantum and fructiferous mosses, and a curious Primuloid plant out of flower, with a curious Clematis. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- I did not answer a word, but sat with a wreath of white bouvardia and small adiantum round my head, which I had plaited anyhow. Erema
- Mertens et al. showed that the seeds or spores of various plants (Cardamine, Taraxacum, Adiantum, etc.), the cysts of the crustaceans Branchipus schaefferi (fairy shrimp) and Artemia franciscana (brine shrimp) as well as adult bdelloid rotifers and tardigrades survived exposures to temperatures as high as 130 °C for as long as 10 min. Archive 2009-07-01
- The Adiantum venustum needs to be grown in a specific soil for acidophilic plants, soft and with an average drainage.
- The Adiantum pedatum, L., maiden hair, yields a useful syrup, called by the French "capillaire," which is a refreshing beverage mixed with water in fevers. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
- Finally, the maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris, which grows in moist shady places in Europe and N. America, has several uses.
- Exclusion of Adiantum, Anthocerous, or gapped sites affected only the poorly supported placement of Calycanthus relative to the eudicots in MP, NJ, and ML topologies (data not shown).
- The common maiden-hair fern (_Adiantum pedatum_) has been selected here for studying the structure of the full-grown sporophyte, but almost any other common fern will answer. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
- This is due to the microclimatic conditions present in the collapsed galleries and the shallow chasms of the river valley, allowing Mediterranean species such as Adiantum capillus-veneris to grow beside Alpine species such as Primula auricula and Viola biflora. Skocjan Caves Regional Park, Slovenia