filmy fern

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1. any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves (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)

member meronym	:	genus hymenophyllum, hymenophyllum,
definition	:	type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns (noun.plant)

2. 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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