hart's-tongue

Hart's-tongue \Hart's"-tongue`\ (h[aum]rts"t[u^]ng`), n. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linn[ae]us. It is also found in Florida. [1913 Webster]

hart's-tongue n 1: tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya [syn: hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina] 2: Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds [syn: hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium]