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单词 filmy fern
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Definition of filmy fern in English:

filmy fern

noun
  • A small fern of damp shady places, with wiry creeping stems and delicate forked fronds which are only one cell thick. They occur chiefly in tropical and subtropical regions.

    Family Hymenophyllaceae: Hymenophyllum and other genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ferns vary in height from the diminutive filmy fern of less than an inch to the vast tree ferns of the tropics, reaching a height of sixty feet or more.
    • Everything about it is supremely delicate, from the filmy fern leaves to the masses of mauve bell flowers with dangling pale gold anthers that hover over the garden like a pale mist in August.
    • There are filmy ferns, and more jagged ferns, ferns which look like moss, and the stumpy Mexican tree fern which never grows very tall.
    • Because of this high level of humidity, thick, lush mosses also thrive in the filmy fern house.
    • Contrastingly, there occur shade and moisture dependent species, such as members of the filmy fern family, found mostly by the riverbank.
 
 

Definition of filmy fern in US English:

filmy fern

noun
  • A small fern of damp shady places, with wiry creeping stems and delicate forked fronds which are only one cell thick. They occur chiefly in tropical and subtropical regions.

    Family Hymenophyllaceae: Hymenophyllum and other genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everything about it is supremely delicate, from the filmy fern leaves to the masses of mauve bell flowers with dangling pale gold anthers that hover over the garden like a pale mist in August.
    • Ferns vary in height from the diminutive filmy fern of less than an inch to the vast tree ferns of the tropics, reaching a height of sixty feet or more.
    • Contrastingly, there occur shade and moisture dependent species, such as members of the filmy fern family, found mostly by the riverbank.
    • There are filmy ferns, and more jagged ferns, ferns which look like moss, and the stumpy Mexican tree fern which never grows very tall.
    • Because of this high level of humidity, thick, lush mosses also thrive in the filmy fern house.
 
 
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