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GENUS HYMENOPHYLLUM

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns

Synonyms:

genus Hymenophyllum; Hymenophyllum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hymenophyllum"):

film fern; filmy fern (any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves)

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

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

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