walking fern

walking fern

n.

An eastern North American evergreen fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum) having undivided fronds that often take root at the tip.

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walking fern

or

walking leaf

n

(Plants) a North American fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having sword-shaped fronds, the tips of which take root when in contact with the ground: family Aspleniaceae

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Noun

1.

walking fern - ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, walking leaf spleenwort - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium

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