HyperDic: tongue_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression tongue fern:
NOUNplanttongue fern, felt fern, Pyrrosia lingua, Cyclophorus linguaeast Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues
English > tongue fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningeast Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus.
Synonymsfelt fern, Pyrrosia lingua, Cyclophorus lingua
Member ofPyrrosia, genus Pyrrosiaepiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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