trichomanes Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun bristle ferns; kidney ferns
    genus Trichomanes.

WordNet

Tri*chom"a*nes noun
Etymology
L., a kind of plant, from Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913