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TRICHOMANES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bristle ferns; kidney ferns

Synonyms:

genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Trichomanes" is a member of...):

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

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