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    TONGUE FERN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Cyclophorus lingua; felt fern; Pyrrosia lingua; tongue fern

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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