bristle_fern (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *bristle fern*:
NOUN	plant	bristle fern, filmy fern	any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds

Englishbristle fern: 1 sense noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks.
Synonym	filmy fern
Member of	Trichomanes, genus Trichomanes	bristle ferns
Narrower	Killarney fern, Trichomanes speciosum	large stout fern of extreme western Europe
	hare's-foot bristle fern, Trichomanes boschianum	A variety of bristle fern
	kidney fern, Trichomanes reniforme	large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds
Broader	fern	Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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