adder's-tongue

[ ad-erz-tuhng ]

noun
  1. a fern of the genus Ophioglossum, having one or sometimes two sterile leaves and a fruiting spike.

  2. any of several American dogtooth violets.

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British Dictionary definitions for adder's-tongue

adder's-tongue

noun
  1. any of several terrestrial ferns of the genus Ophioglossum, esp O. vulgatum, that grow in the N hemisphere and have a spore-bearing body that sticks out like a spike from the leaf: family Ophioglossaceae

  2. another name for dogtooth violet

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