TONGUE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tongue fern mean? 

• TONGUE FERN (noun)
  The noun TONGUE FERN has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TONGUE FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cyclophorus lingua; felt fern; Pyrrosia lingua; tongue fern

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

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("tongue fern" is a member of...):

genus Pyrrosia; Pyrrosia (epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World)