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beard-tongue

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beard⋅tongue

[beerd-tuhng]
–noun
any plant belonging to the genus Penstemon, of the figwort family.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; beard + tongue
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beard·tongue or beard-tongue   (bîrd'tŭng')   
n.  See penstemon.

[After its bearded, tonguelike stamen.]
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