hart's-tongue

hart's-tongue (härtstng)

n.

A European evergreen fern (Phyllitis scolopendrium) with narrow undivided fronds.

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[From the shape of its fronds.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hart's-tongue - tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotria cervina, Polybotrya cervina fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
	2.	hart's-tongue - Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue fern fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores Asplenium, genus Asplenium - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae