The scientific name Adiantum derives from Greek and means roughly ‘does not get wet’. When it rains the stems droop and the water rapidly slides off the leaves so that the plant itself does not appear to become wet. In the symbolism of plants the maidenhair fern, therefore, represents purity and innocence, meanings that also recur in the ancient legend that said that someone is still a virgin if they can hold a branch of maidenhair fern without the leaves moving (which is quite tricky…).
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