English Dictionary: trichomanes | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for trichomanes | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sporangiophore \Spo*ran"gi*o*phore\, n. [Sporangium + Gr. [?] to bear.] (Bot.) The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as {Trichomanes}), which bears the sporangia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trichomanes \Tri*chom"a*nes\, n. [L., a kind of plant, from Gr. [?].] (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. |