FILMY FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filmy fern mean? 

• FILMY FERN (noun)
  The noun FILMY FERN has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves

  Familiarity information: FILMY FERN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILMY FERN (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bristle fern; filmy fern

Hypernyms ("filmy fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filmy fern"):

hare's-foot bristle fern; Trichomanes boschianum (a variety of bristle fern)

Killarney fern; Trichomanes speciosum (large stout fern of extreme western Europe)

kidney fern; Trichomanes reniforme (large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds)

Holonyms ("filmy fern" is a member of...):

genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes (bristle ferns; kidney ferns)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

film fern; filmy fern

Hypernyms ("filmy fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("filmy fern" is a member of...):

genus Hymenophyllum; Hymenophyllum (type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns)