FILM FERN

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

film fern; filmy fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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