deer's-tongue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of deer's-tongue
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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There was the less formal phlox of a pinkish purple; deer's-tongue, white and yellow; frail anemones, both pink and white; small but stately violets, and the wake-robin with its wine-red centre among long green leaves.
From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon
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