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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmeɪdənhɛː/ [UK], /ˈmeɪdənhɛəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-maidenhair.wav Forms: maidenhairs [plural]
Etymology: From maiden + hair. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|maiden|hair}} maiden + hair Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maidenhair (countable and uncountable, plural maidenhairs)
  1. (uncountable, poetic) A woman's pubic hair. Tags: poetic, uncountable Categories (topical): Hair Categories (lifeform): Heather family plants
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  2. Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Ferns, Heather family plants Synonyms (fern): maidenhair fern Translations (fern): ἀδίαντον (adíanton) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), πολύτριχον (polútrikhon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), كُزْبَرَة الْبِئْر (kuzbara l-biʔr) [feminine] (Arabic), قزيبرة البير (qzībrat el-bīr) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), вене́рин ко́съм (venérin kósǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), богоро́дичен ко́съм (bogoródičen kósǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), адиантум (adiantum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), falzilla [feminine] (Catalan), capil·lera [feminine] (Catalan), netík [masculine] (Czech), phithophthethela (Dacian), neidonhiussaniainen (Finnish), neidonadiantumi (Finnish), capillaire [feminine] (French), adiante [masculine] (French), Frauenhaarfarn [masculine] (German), Frauenhaar [neuter] (German), Venushaar [neuter] (German), ʻiwaʻiwa (Hawaiian), cos dhubh [feminine] (Irish), folt bé [masculine] (Irish), capelvenere [masculine] (Italian), шолпаншаш (şolpanşaş) (Kazakh), adiantum [neuter] (Latin), capillus Veneris [masculine] (Latin), tursin il-bir [masculine] (Maltese), makawe tapairu (Maori), huruhuru tapairu (Maori), ձարխոտ (jarxot) (Middle Armenian), niekropień [masculine] (Polish), złotowłos [masculine] (Polish), avenca [feminine] (Portuguese), părul-fetei (Romanian), вене́рин во́лос (venérin vólos) [masculine] (Russian), адиа́нтум (adiántum) [masculine] (Russian), góspīn vlásak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), adiantum [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), venušin vlas [neuter] (Slovak), adiantum [masculine] (Slovak), venerini lāsci [masculine, plural] (Slovene), adiantum [masculine] (Slovene), adiantumsläkte [neuter] (Swedish), baldırıkara (Turkish), вене́рин во́лос (venéryn vólos) [masculine] (Ukrainian), адиа́нтум (adyántum) [masculine] (Ukrainian), адіант (adiant) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ladiant (Volapük), gwallt y forwyn [masculine] (Welsh)
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  3. (Canada, US, now regional) Either of two ericaceous plants, the creeping snowberry or the checkerberry. Tags: Canada, US, countable, regional, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Heather family plants
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maiden-hair Derived forms: climbing maidenhair fern, maidenhair moss, maidenhair spleenwort, maidenhair tree, maidenhair vine, northern maidenhair

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "He fingered shreds of hair, her maidenhair, her mermaid's into the bowl",
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      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "adiantum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "venušin vlas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adiantum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "venerini lāsci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adiantum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "adiantumsläkte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fern",
      "word": "baldırıkara"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "venéryn vólos",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вене́рин во́лос"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "adyántum",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "адиа́нтум"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "adiant",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "адіант"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "fern",
      "word": "ladiant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwallt y forwyn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "maidenhair"
  ],
  "word": "maidenhair"
}

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