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BRISTLE FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
bristle fern; filmy fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bristle 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bristle fern"):
hare's-foot bristle fern; Trichomanes boschianum (a variety of bristle fern)
Killarney fern; Trichomanes speciosum (large stout fern of extreme western Europe)
kidney fern; Trichomanes reniforme (large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds)
Holonyms ("bristle fern" is a member of...):
genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes (bristle ferns; kidney ferns)
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