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[syn: Trichomanes, genus Trichomanes]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trichomanes \Tri*chom"a*nes\, n. [L., a kind of plant, from Gr.
?.] (Bot.)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Trichomanes
n 1: bristle ferns; kidney ferns [syn: Trichomanes, genus
Trichomanes]