| NOUN | plant | filmy fern, bristle fern | any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds |
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| plant | filmy fern, film fern | any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves |
| 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. | |
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| Synonym | bristle 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 |
| Meaning | Any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves. | |
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| Synonym | film fern | |
| Member of | Hymenophyllum, genus Hymenophyllum | type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae |
| 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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