Cyclophorus lingua
- noun
- Specialized
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helecho lengua
- The fronds of the Cyclophorus lingua resemble tongues, making it distinctive among ferns.
Examples
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The lush green leaves of Cyclophorus lingua can be found in shaded East Asian forests.
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Botanists debated whether Cyclophorus lingua should remain in the Cyclophorus genus or be reclassified.
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The Cyclophorus lingua is known for its unique frond shape.
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Have you ever seen a Cyclophorus lingua in the wild?
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The fronds of the Cyclophorus lingua resemble tongues, making it distinctive among ferns.
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The lush green leaves of Cyclophorus lingua can be found in shaded East Asian forests.
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Botanists debated whether Cyclophorus lingua should remain in the Cyclophorus genus or be reclassified.
Synonyms
A green plant from East Asia with soft leaves shaped like tongues
A fern from East Asia with long tongue-shaped leaves often grown as a houseplant
A fern with long flat leaves that look like tongues
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a botanical binomial combining the genus name Cyclophorus (a type of fern) with the Latin epithet 'lingua' ('tongue'), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a Cyclophorus species with tongue-shaped fronds. Taxonomic Latin epithets commonly describe visible features, making the overall meaning compositionally derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Cyclophorus lingua comes from Latin words: Cyclophorus for 'circle' and lingua for 'tongue'. The fern's fronds look like little tongues and can curl into a round shape, so the name points to its tongue-like leaves.
