FAMILY HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hymenophyllaceae mean? 

• FAMILY HYMENOPHYLLACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY HYMENOPHYLLACEAE has 1 sense:

1. terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns

  Familiarity information: FAMILY HYMENOPHYLLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY HYMENOPHYLLACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Hymenophyllaceae; Hymenophyllaceae

Hypernyms ("family Hymenophyllaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Hymenophyllaceae"):

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

genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes (bristle ferns; kidney ferns)

Holonyms ("family Hymenophyllaceae" is a member of...):

Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)