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bristle fern

DEFINITIONS OF: bristle fern

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n 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

Synonyms:
filmy fern
Types:
Trichomanes boschianum, hare's-foot bristle fern
a variety of bristle fern
Killarney fern, Trichomanes speciosum
large stout fern of extreme western Europe
Trichomanes reniforme, kidney fern
large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds
Type of:
fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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