hartstongue

hart's-tongue

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


Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English hertis tonge. See hart, 's1, tongue

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hart's-tongue
 
n
an evergreen Eurasian fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, with narrow undivided fronds bearing rows of sori: family Polypodiaceae

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Hartstongue is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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