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Filmy fern is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FILMY FERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

filmy fern

Hymenophyllaceae

The Hymenophyllaceae is a family of two or more genera and over 600 species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp places or to locations where they are wetted by spray from waterfalls or springs. A recent fossil find shows that ferns of Hymenophyllaceae have existed since at least the Upper Triassic. The great majority of the species are found in tropical rainforests, but some also occur in temperate rainforests and slightly drier forest regions. In Europe they are restricted to the Atlantic Ocean fringes of the continent, notably in the Azores, Ireland, and western Great Britain, but one species locally east to Luxembourg, another so far north as West Norway, Faeroes and South Iceland, while in North America, they are restricted to the humid eastern third of the continent. They often appear as very dark green or even black clumps and may be mistaken for a robust moss or liverwort. The stem is thin and wiry and the fronds variously pinnate with a single strand of vascular tissue.

Definition of filmy fern in the English dictionary

The definition of filmy fern in the dictionary is any fern of the family Hymenophyllaceae, growing in humid regions and having thin translucent leaves.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FILMY FERN

asparagus fern
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Translation of «filmy fern» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FILMY FERN

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Translator English - Chinese

朦胧的蕨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

helecho vaporoso
570 millions of speakers

English

filmy fern
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फिल्मी फर्न
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السرخس غشائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пленчатый папоротник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

samambaia velado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিল্ম ফেনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fougère vaporeuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Filem paku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

filmy Farn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フィルム状のシダ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엷은 껍질 펀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Filmy fern
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

dương xỉ filmy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சினிமா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिल्म फेर्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Filmilli eğrelti otu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

felce filmy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

filmy paproci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плівчастими папороть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ferigă voalat
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

filmy φτέρη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

filmy varings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

filmy fern
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

filmy bregne
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FILMY FERN»

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A Fifth Checklist of Tennessee Vascular Plants
Common Scouring Rush HYMENOPHYLLACEAE, Filmy Fern Family Hymenophyllum Smith, Filmy Fern Hymenophyllum tayloriae Farrar & Raine, Taylor's Filmy Fern. Special Concern Trichomanes L., Bristle Fern, Filmy Fern Trichomanes ...
‎2009
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A Fern Book
WILSON'S FILMY FERN.* The One-sided Filmy Fern, or, as sometimes called, Wilson's Filmy Fern, has a small creeping wiry rootstock, and from the interwoven mass of these, the fronds arise in a large green patch, sometimes 3 or 4 feet, ...
M. C. Cooke, 1867
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The British Flora: Comprising the Phaenogamous, Or Flowering ...
Sm. Filmy-fern. Sori marginal. Capsules upon an elongated receptacle, within a two valved involucre which is of the same texture as the frond, opening outwards. — Name ; t/yttjjv a membrane, and fuXkov, a leaf, an admirably characteristic ...
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1830
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Fern Ecology
Moreover, filmy fern species differ in their tolerance to water loss. In a Jamaican forest, filmy fern species growing on exposed branches were more desiccation tolerant than those restricted to the forest floor (Shreve, 1911). Several other small ...
Klaus Mehltreter, Lawrence R. Walker, Joanne M. Sharpe, 2010
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Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia
TAYLOR'S. FILMY. FERN. Hymenophyllum tayloriae Farrar & Raine Synonym: none Family: Hymenophyllaceae (filmy fern) Georgia Natural Heritage Ranks: G1G2/S1 Legal Status: GA-Special Concern US-none Federal Wetland Status: none ...
Linda G. Chafin, 2007
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New Flora of the British Isles
Filmy-fern. family. Rhizomes thin, glabrous or hairy but not scaly, surface-running; leaves borne singly along rhizome, spirally coiled when young, of 1 sort, 1-3- pinnate, very thin, membranous and translucent; sori in tubular or valve-like indusia ...
Clive Stace, 2010
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A Flora of Southern Illinois
H ymenophyllaceae— Filmy Fern Family Trichomanes L. The rare Filmy F em, Trichomanes boschianum Storm (1:24), has not been found in Jaclcson County, but has been collected in Jackson Hollow, Pope County (Fig. 4) where it was first  ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, John Voigt, 1974
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A Field Guide to Ferns and Their Related Families: ...
Only Trichomanes boschianum (Filmy Fern) and T. intricatum (Weft Fern) are known in our region. Filmy Fern forms sporo- phytes with genuine, albeit miniscule, pinnae. Weft Fern has been observed only in the gametophyte phase, and it ...
Boughton Cobb, Cheryl Lowe, 2005
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This Land
One, the common filmy fern, has feathery leaves 4 to 8 inches long and grows far back under rock overhangs out of direct sunlight.Finding it usually requires crawling on hands and knees.It has been observed in most of the states in the ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 2006
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The Ferns of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide
Most members of the genus Trichomanes are small to minute plants. Nearly all of the 320 or so species in the genus occur naturally primarily in the tropics; only a few, such as the Appalachian filmy fern (T. boschianum Sturm), occur naturally ...
Gil Nelson, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FILMY FERN»

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Fiordland National Park: The path to viridescence
I found myself entranced by the delicate filmy fern with its translucent fronds and the ingenious kidney fern which cups and tilts its "leaves" to ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
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Botanists look to fern for clues to Southeast's past
But unlike invasive species, Wright's filmy fern is an early colonizer. And figuring out how and when it got here is the next piece of the puzzle. «KCAW, Apr 15»
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Trail Blazing with new DOC boss Lou Sanson
He once knew the name of every hymenophyllum, or filmy fern, he explains, having conducted plant surveys in his first job with the Forest ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 14»
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Is Kate expecting? Prince William drops hint that Prince George …
Cynthia, 61, told William that the Filmy Fern patterned white shawl – made from merino wool – had been designed by Margaret Stove, who had ... «Mirror.co.uk, Apr 14»
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'It's a bit bright' Duchess Kate dazzles in green but a bit too brightly …
Cynthia said the Filmy Fern patterned-white shawl took her four months to make. "They said they were very happy with it but so far there had ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 14»
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Jackson Hollow: The crown jewel of Southern Illinois canyons
The sun's rays at the back of the shelter -- not too much, not too little -- provide the perfect habitat for the filmy fern, an endangered species of ... «Southeast Missourian, Mar 14»
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Into the sounds of silence
The filmy fern is his favourite, "It's a single cell thick," he says awestruck despite seeing it often. "The forest looks pretty much as Captain Cook ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 14»
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As a priceless waterlily is stolen from Kew Gardens, will thieves …
In 2011, a rare 100-year-old filmy fern vanished from the National Trust-run Nymans estate near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. The estate is a ... «Daily Mail, Jan 14»
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Chch knitter designs NZ's gift to royal baby
The pattern was called Filmy Fern, and it depicted a New Zealand fern. "I designed and spun the shawl for Prince William, so it's quite nice to ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 13»
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Headwaters State Forest could be reality by 2016
... nine rare Appalachian mountain bogs and several uncommon species, including green salamanders, gorge filmy fern and native brook trout. «BlueRidgeNow.com, May 13»

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