maidenhair
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪdənhɛː/ / /ˈmeɪdənhɛəɹ/
noun
Etymology: From maiden + hair.
- A woman's pubic hair.
“He fingered shreds of hair, her maidenhair, her mermaid's, into the bowl”
“His fingers tore at her maidenhair. Gasping, she recoiled for long enough to allow him entry.”
- Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.
“Our common Maidenhair does from a number of hard black fibres, send forth a great many blacking shining brittle stalks, hardly a span long [...].”
“Among herbs that have traditionally been considered to possess aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle.”
- Either of two ericaceous plants: creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula) or checkerberry (G. procumbens).