walking fern
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Related to walking fern: Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus
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
orwalking 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. | ![]() spleenwort - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium |
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