bristle fern
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1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fern, |
| definition | : | any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hare's-foot bristle fern, trichomanes boschianum, |
| definition | : | a variety of bristle fern (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | killarney fern, trichomanes speciosum, |
| definition | : | large stout fern of extreme western Europe (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | kidney fern, trichomanes reniforme, |
| definition | : | large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus trichomanes, trichomanes, |
| definition | : | bristle ferns; kidney ferns (noun.plant) |
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