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hart's-tongue

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hart's-tongue

  [hahrts-tuhng]
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–noun
a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
Also, harts-tongue.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME hertis tonge. See hart, 's 1 , tongue
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hart's-tongue   (härts'tŭng')
n.  A European evergreen fern (Phyllitis scolopendrium) with narrow undivided fronds.

[From the shape of its fronds.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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