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maidenhair
UK /ˈmeɪdənhɛː/ US /ˈmeɪdənhɛəɹ/
noun 3
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3VERB + MAIDENHAIR
tore
MAIDENHAIR + NOUN
mermaid's
PREP.
into
Definitions
noun
1
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.
2
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.
3
Either of two ericaceous plants, the creeping snowberry or the checkerberry.
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He fingered shreds of hair, her maidenhair, her mermaid's, into the bowl
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His fingers tore at her maidenhair. Gasping, she recoiled for long enough to allow him entry.
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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 eterna
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