BRISTLE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bristle fern mean? 

• BRISTLE FERN (noun)
  The noun BRISTLE FERN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BRISTLE FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRISTLE FERN (noun)

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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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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bristle fern; filmy fern

Hypernyms ("bristle 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 "bristle 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 ("bristle fern" is a member of...):

genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes (bristle ferns; kidney ferns)