Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun filmy_fern

2 senses of filmy fern

Sense 1
bristle fern, filmy fern -- (any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Sense 2
filmy fern, film fern -- (any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)