walking leaf

Questions about walking leaf

What does walking leaf mean?

walking leaf means "ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for walking leaf?

Close synonyms include walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, leaf insect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is walking leaf a common word?

walking leaf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.