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Hart's-tongue

Hart's-tongue \Hart's"-tongue`\ (h[aum]rts"t[u^]ng`), n. (Bot.)

  1. A common British fern ( Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.

  2. A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linn[ae]us. It is also found in Florida.

WordNet
hart's-tongue

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

  2. Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds [syn: hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium]

Usage examples of "hart's-tongue".

Hart's-tongue fern grew above it, and there was moss at the lip, and below it green, moist grass.