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Definition of Tongue fern
1. Noun. East Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Pyrrosia, Pyrrosia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tongue Fern
Literary usage of Tongue fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... ADDER'S tongue fern FAMILY. Mostly rather small ferns, with sessile, globular,
coriaceous, opaque, and smooth spore cases in spikes or panicles, ..."
2. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... ADDER'S tongue fern FAMILY. Mostly rather small ferns, with sessile, globular,
coriaceous, ... tongue Fern ..."
3. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1910)
"The adder's tongue fern (Ophioglossum), which is a member of the class to which
the true ... In the adder's tongue fern there i; a simple slender stalk, ..."
4. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"After Atkinson. ordinary fern-leaf compares only with the fertile lobe of the
adder's-tongue fern-leaf. This fertile lobe has greatly enlarged and assumed ..."
5. Botany for High Schhools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"The adder's tongue fern (Ophioglossum), which is a member of the class to which
the true ... In the adder's tongue fern there is a simple slender stalk, ..."
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