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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 428 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MAIDENHAIR , in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the See also:

COMMON

common name for a See also:

FERN (from O. Eng. fearn, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch varen, and Ger. Farn; the Indo-European root, seen in the Sanskrit parna, a feather, shows the primary meaning; cf. Gr. rmep6 , feather, rTepis, fern)

fern, Adiantum Capillus-Veneris, characterized by the spreading See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair-like branches of the frond, the ultimate pinnules of which are i to 1 in. See also:

long with a rounded crenate See also:

OUTER

outer edge and repeatedly forked See also:

VEINS

veins; the sori (or masses of spore-capsules) are in the crenatures of the pinnules, and are protected by a See also:

KIDNEY

kidney-shaped involucre. The plant is widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions, and is occasionally found in the western counties of See also:

England, the Isle of See also:

Man, and See also:

west See also:

Ireland, growing on See also:

DAMP

damp rocks or walls especially near the See also:

sea. The genus Adiantum is a large one containing many handsome See also:

SPECIES

species both tropical and temperate, well known in greenhouse and hothouse cultivation. MAIDENHAIR-See also:

TREE is a popular name for Ginkgo biloba, a remark-able and handsome gymnospermous tree, the See also:

FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan-shaped leaves of which with their forked veins recall those of the maidenhair (see See also:

GYMNOSPERMS

GYMNOSPERMS).

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