brittle maidenhair

English Thesaurus

1. tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	maidenhair, maidenhair fern,
definition	:	any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	adiantum tenerum farleyense, barbados maidenhair, farley maidenhair, farley maidenhair fern, glory fern,
definition	:	named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered (noun.plant)