adder's tongue

See also: adder's-tongue

English

adder's tongue fern

adder's tongue lily

Noun

adder's tongue (countable and uncountable, plural adder's tongues)

1. Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

   Synonyms: serpent's tongue, snake's tongue

2. A lily in the genus Erythronium, other common names of which include fawn lily, trout lily and dog's tooth violet.
3. Hart's tongue (fern) (Asplenium scolopendrium, syn. ).

Hyponyms

• (Erythronium): trout lily, dog's-tooth violet

Translations

fern of the genus Ophioglossum

• Finnish: käärmeenkieli (fi)
• Icelandic: naðurtunga (is) f
• Japanese: ハナワラビ属 (hanawarabi zoku)
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• Polish: nasięźrzał m
• Russian: ужо́вник (ru) m (užóvnik)

lily of the genus Erythronium — see trout lily

Asplenium scolopendrium — see hart's tongue

References

• “adder's tongue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “adder's tongue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.