tongue fern


Definition: Meaning of, tongue fern in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tʌŋ fəːn /

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

  • adder's tongue fern (noun)
    1. ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
  • cow-tongue fern (noun)
    1. common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay
  • hart's-tongue fern (noun)
    1. tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
    2. eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
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