walking leaf
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- ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tipSynonyms: walking fernAsplenium rhizophyllumCamptosorus rhizophyllusType of spleenwort
- tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East IndiesSynonyms: leaf insectType of phasmid, phasmid insectMember of Phyllium, genus Phyllium
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Walking leaf
. (a) Botany A little American fern (Camptosorus rhizophyllus); — so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) Zoology A leaf insect. See under Leaf.
From the entry Walking.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54