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WALKING FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walking fern mean? 

WALKING FERN (noun)
  The noun WALKING FERN has 1 sense:

1. ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tipplay

  Familiarity information: WALKING FERN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WALKING FERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asplenium rhizophyllum; Camptosorus rhizophyllus; walking fern; walking leaf

Hypernyms ("walking fern" is a kind of...):

spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)


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