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Webster 1913 Edition
Adiantum
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Adˊi-an′tum
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
ἀδίαντον
, maidenhair; ἀ
priv. + διαίνειν
to wet.] (Bot.)
A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
Definition 2024
Adiantum
Adiantum
See also: adiantum
Translingual
Proper noun
Adiantum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – the maidenhair ferns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom, Pteridophyta - division, Polypodiopsida - class, Polypodiales - order, Pteridaceae - family, Adiantoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
adiantum
adiantum
See also: Adiantum
English
Noun
adiantum (plural adiantums or adianta)
- The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
Latin
Noun
adiantum n (genitive adiantī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adiantum | adianta |
| genitive | adiantī | adiantōrum |
| dative | adiantō | adiantīs |
| accusative | adiantum | adianta |
| ablative | adiantō | adiantīs |
| vocative | adiantum | adianta |
Descendants
- Portuguese: adianto
References
- adiantum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adiantum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.