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Hart's-tongue   /hɑrts-təŋ/   Listen
noun
Hart's-tongue  n.  (Bot.)
(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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Hart's-tongue" Quotes from Famous Books



... what I will do for you, Madge, as it is a special occasion,' remarked Miss Anne, with grave patronage. 'If you will get up early tomorrow, I will take you to a place, not more than four miles off, where you will find any quantity of hart's-tongue fern. It is a deep ditch, I suppose a quarter of a mile long, and the banks are covered. Of course I don't want any one to know, for it is so near Brighton it would be harried for the shops; but I will show you the place, as you will ...
— The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols • William Black



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