English Explanatory Dictionary

adder's tongue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
  2. A lily in the genus Erythronium, other common names of which include fawn lily, trout lily and dog's tooth violet.
  3. Hart's tongue (fern) (Asplenium scolopendrium, syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium).
  4. early-purple orchid, early spring orchis Orchis mascula

Word forms

adder's tongue adder's tongues

Synonyms

serpent's tongue snake's tongue
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