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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adiantum \Ad`i*an"tum\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, maidenhair; 'a priv. + ? to wet.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Adiantum n : cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae [syn: {Adiantum}, {genus Adiantum}]
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