GENUS TRICHOMANES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Trichomanes mean? 

• GENUS TRICHOMANES (noun)
  The noun GENUS TRICHOMANES has 1 sense:

1. bristle ferns; kidney ferns

  Familiarity information: GENUS TRICHOMANES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TRICHOMANES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bristle ferns; kidney ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes

Hypernyms ("genus Trichomanes" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Trichomanes"):

bristle fern; filmy fern (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)

Holonyms ("genus Trichomanes" is a member of...):

family Hymenophyllaceae; Hymenophyllaceae (terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns)