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Noun: walking leaf
  1. Ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
    - walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus
     
  2. Tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
    - leaf insect

Derived forms: walking leaves

Type of: phasmid, phasmid insect, spleenwort

Part of: genus Phyllium, Phyllium

Encyclopedia: Walking leaf