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English Dictionary: trichomanes by the DICT Development Group
3 results for trichomanes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Trichomanes
n
  1. bristle ferns; kidney ferns [syn: Trichomanes, {genus Trichomanes}]
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.
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