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HYMENOPHYLLACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hymenophyllaceae mean?
• HYMENOPHYLLACEAE (noun)
The noun HYMENOPHYLLACEAE has 1 sense:
1. terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
Familiarity information: HYMENOPHYLLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Hymenophyllaceae; Hymenophyllaceae
Hypernyms ("Hymenophyllaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Hymenophyllaceae"):
genus Hymenophyllum; Hymenophyllum (type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns)
genus Trichomanes; Trichomanes (bristle ferns; kidney ferns)
Holonyms ("Hymenophyllaceae" is a member of...):
Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)
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