Adiantum tenerum

Definitions of Adiantum tenerum
  1. noun
    tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
    synonyms: brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern
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    types:
    Adiantum tenerum farleyense, Barbados maidenhair, Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, glory fern
    named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
    type of:
    maidenhair, maidenhair fern
    any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
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