noun
terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
• Syn: ↑family Hymenophyllaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fern family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicales, ↑order Filicales, ↑Polypodiales, ↑order Polypodiales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Hymenophyllum, ↑genus Hymenophyllum, ↑Trichomanes, ↑genus Trichomanes
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Hymenophyllāˈceae plural noun
The filmy ferns
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Main Entry: ↑hymen
Useful english dictionary. 2012.