Noun: walking leaf
- Tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
"The walking leaf's camouflage made it nearly invisible on the plant";
- leaf insect
- Ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
"The walking leaf slowly spread across the mossy rock";
- walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus
Derived forms: walking leaves
Type of: phasmid, phasmid insect, spleenwort
Part of: genus Phyllium, Phyllium
Encyclopedia: Walking leaf