trichomanes

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun trichomanes has 1 sense

trichomanes(n = noun.plant) genus trichomanes - bristle ferns; kidney ferns; Array

is a member of family hymenophyllaceae, hymenophyllaceae

is a kind of fern genus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

trichomanes, n. [L., a kind of plant, from Gr. .].

Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States. [1913 Webster]

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