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单词 walking fern
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walking fern


noun

a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
Also called walking leaf.

Origin of walking fern

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby walking fern

walking bus, walking catfish, walking delegate, walking dragline, walking encyclopedia, walking fern, walking fish, walking horse, walking leaf, walking line, walking on water
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Example sentences from the Web for walking fern

  • The Walking-Fern, Camptosorus, reduced in size, showing its fruit-dots on the veins approximated in pairs.

    The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
  • No one ever yet found the walking-fern who did not have the walking-fern in his mind.

    Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for walking fern

walking fern

walking leaf


noun

a North American fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having sword-shaped fronds, the tips of which take root when in contact with the ground: family Aspleniaceae
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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