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tongue fern

DEFINITIONS OF: tongue fern

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n east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus

Synonyms:
Cyclophorus lingua, Pyrrosia lingua, felt fern
Type of:
fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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