ADIANTUM

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 1

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) A genus of thin leaved ferns, having their fructification in short marginal lines. The leaflets are usually wedge-shaped, and placed upon slender shining petioles. One of the species (A. capillus veneris) was formerly employed in the manufacture ofsvrnp of capillaire. [s. 28]