The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lizard's tail \Liz"ard's tail`\n. (Bot.)
A perennial plant of the genus Saururus ( Saururus
cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers
crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in
form a lizard's tail; whence the name.
--Gray.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 ''Houttuynia cordata'', chameleon plant, a herbaceous perennial plant native to Japan, Korea, southern China and Southeast Asia. 2 (taxlink Crassula muscosa species noshow=1), rattail crassula, a succulent plant native to South Africa 3 (taxlink Saururus cernuus species noshow=1), a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America. n. 1 ''Houttuynia cordata'', chameleon plant, a herbaceous perennial plant native to Japan, Korea, southern China and Southeast Asia. 2 (taxlink Crassula muscosa species noshow=1), rattail crassula, a succulent plant native to South Africa 3 (taxlink Saururus cernuus species noshow=1), a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America.
Wikipedia
Lizard's tail may refer to any of the following plants:
- Crassula muscosa, also known as rattail crassula, watch chain, zipper plant, or princess pine, a succulent plant native to South Africa
- Houttuynia cordata, also known as chameleon plant, heartleaf, fishwort, or bishop's weed, a herbaceous perennial plant native to East and Southeast Asia
- Saururus cernuus, also known as water-dragon or swamp root, a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America
- Anemopsis californica, also known as yerba mansa, native to western North America
Usage examples of "lizard's tail".
It paused there, as though forgetting where it meant to go, and Kirk noticed that unlike its lounging neighbors, this lizard's tail looked recently broken and rehealed.
The severed knob spun to the muck on the alley's cobblestones with its bit of attached chain twitching like a lizard's tail.
Somewhat resembling an iguana, although more slender through its body than an iguana, this spawn of nightmares was three to four feet in length, had a lizard's tail, a lizard's head and face.