maidenhair
noun/ˈmeɪdənhɛː/UK/ˈmeɪdənhɛəɹ/US
Etymology
Definitions
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.
- Some said they'd seen her over by Death's-Door, with bloodstains on her dress, which was so white and transparent they were seized with shame and fear at the faint beauty of her breasts and the eternal modesty of her maidenhair.
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks,…
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, the creeping snowberry or the checkerberry.
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