Hymenophyllum

noun

Hy·​me·​no·​phyl·​lum

: a genus (the type of the family Hymenophyllaceae) of tropical hygrophytic and usually epiphytic ferns distinguished from Trichomanes by having the valves of the involucre bearing the sporangia separate

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hymen- + -phyllum

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