FAMILY HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns

Synonyms:

family Hymenophyllaceae; Hymenophyllaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Hymenophyllaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Hymenophyllaceae"):

genus Hymenophyllum; Hymenophyllum (type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns)

genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes (bristle ferns; kidney ferns)

Holonyms ("family Hymenophyllaceae" is a member of...):

Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)