adder's tongue
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adder's tongue fern
Ophioglossum vulgatum 
adder's tongue lily
Erythronium americanum 
adder's tongue (4)
See also: adder's-tongue
English
Ophioglossum vulgatum
Erythronium americanum
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Noun
adder's tongue (countable and uncountable, plural adder's tongues)
- Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
- Synonyms: serpent's tongue, snake's tongue
- A lily in the genus Erythronium, other common names of which include fawn lily, trout lily and dog's tooth violet.
- Hart's tongue (fern) (Asplenium scolopendrium, syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium).
- (Chester) early-purple orchid, early spring orchis Orchis mascula
Hyponyms
- (Erythronium): trout lily, dog's-tooth violet
Translations
fern of the genus Ophioglossum
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lily of the genus Erythronium — see trout lily
Asplenium scolopendrium — see hart's tongue
References
- “adder's tongue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “adder's tongue”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3