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Adiantum

noun

Cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae. Synonym: genus Adiantum.

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... SK۴[n]TAG[)I] "crow shin"— Adiantum pedatum— Maidenhair Fern: Used either in decoction or poultice for rheumatism and chills, generally in connection with some other fern. The doctors explain that the fronds of the different varieties of fern are curled up in the young plant, but ...

— Seventh Annual Report • Various

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Words linked to "Adiantum" : Pteridaceae, Adiantum capillus-veneris, maidenhair, maidenhair fern, fern genus, family Pteridaceae