hart's-tongue

Noun

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Noun (2)

  1. tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus PolybotryaSynonyms: hart's-tongue fernOlfersia cervinaPolybotrya cervinaPolybotria cervinaType of fern
  2. Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate frondsSynonyms: hart's-tongue fernAsplenium scolopendriumPhyllitis scolopendriumType of fernMember of Asplenium, genus Asplenium
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Hart's′-tongue′ (härts′tŭng′), noun

Botany (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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