felt fern

/fɛlt fərn/
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Other forms: felt ferns

Definitions of felt fern
  1. noun
    east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
    synonyms: Cyclophorus lingua, Pyrrosia lingua, tongue fern
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    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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