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Noun: mosquito fern
  1. Small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
    - floating fern, Carolina pond fern, Azolla caroliniana

Derived forms: mosquito ferns

Type of: aquatic fern, water fern

Part of: Azolla, genus Azolla

Encyclopedia: Mosquito fern