Definition of Hymenophyllum

1. Noun. Type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hymenophyllum
Group relationships: Family Hymenophyllaceae, Hymenophyllaceae
Member holonyms: Film Fern, Filmy Fern
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenophyllum

Hylophylax
Hylophylax naevioides
Hyman George Rickover
Hyman Rickover
Hymenaea
Hymenaea courbaril
Hymenanthera
Hymenogastrales
Hymenolepididae
Hymenolepis diminuta
Hymenolepis lanceolata
Hymenolepis nana
Hymenolepis nana fraterna
Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllum
Hymenoxys acaulis
Hymenoxys grandiflora
Hymiskviða
Hyndluljóð
Hynerpeton
Hynes
Hynes pharyngoplasty
Hyogo
Hyoscyamus muticus
Hyoscyamus niger
Hyostrongylus rubidus
Hyp
Hypalon

Literary usage of Hymenophyllum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns: Containing Species and Varieties by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"hymenophyllum—Membrane-leaved. Flexuosum—Ben ding. A BEAUTIFULLY crisped and undulated Fern from New- Zealand, ..."

2. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"The leafy parts of the fronds are merely winged veins, and the wings consist of two layers of cellular tissue finely reticulated. The hymenophyllum is ..."

3. Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of by Robert Oliver Cunningham (1871)
"The stems of the trees were everywhere covered with a profusion of lichens, mosses, and ferns—species of hymenophyllum, such as H. ..."

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