#bristle_fern__bristlefern__filmy_fern__filmyfern  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
  supertype:  fern  any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
  member of:  genus_Trichomanes
  subtype:  hare's-foot_bristle_fern__Trichomanes_boschianum  a variety of bristle fern
  subtype:  Killarney_fern__Trichomanes_speciosum  large stout fern of extreme western Europe
  subtype:  kidney_fern__Trichomanes_reniforme  large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds

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