Walking leaf Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
    Asplenium rhizophyllum; Camptosorus rhizophyllus; walking fern.
  2. noun tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
    leaf insect.

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Definitions
  1. . (a) (Bot.) 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) (Zoöl.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.

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