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hart's-tongue
or harts-tongue
[ hahrts-tuhng ]
noun
- a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
hart's-tongue
noun
- an evergreen Eurasian fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, with narrow undivided fronds bearing rows of sori: family Polypodiaceae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hart's-tongue1
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Example Sentences
It did not turn up at the ends like Barretts elder brothers, but grew over his mouth like harts tongue hanging over a well.
From Project Gutenberg
On one side of the fireplace—now filled with a brown and gasping harts-tongue fern in an earthen pot—was Ethel's bookshelf.
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It may be distilled with milk for weak people and children, with Harts-tongue and Elecampance.
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