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Hart's-tongue   /hɑrts-təŋ/   Listen
Hart's-tongue

noun
1.
Tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya.  Synonyms: hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotria cervina, Polybotrya cervina.
2.
Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds.  Synonyms: Asplenium scolopendrium, hart's-tongue fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium.






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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



Words linked to "Hart's-tongue" :   Asplenium, genus Asplenium, fern



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