Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See adder's-tongue fern.
- n. See dogtooth violet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The fern Ophioglossum vulgatum: so called from the form of its fruiting spike. Also called adder's-spear. See Ophioglossum.
- n. A name sometimes given to the hart's-tongue, Phyllitis Scolopendrium. See Scolopendrium.
- n. Any of the eastern species of Erytbronium or dog-tooth violet. The white adder's-tongue is E. albidum.
Wiktionary
- n. botany Any of a genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
- n. botany The yellow dogtooth violet.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
- n. The yellow dogtooth violet.
WordNet 3.0
- n. ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
Examples
“Go through a gap in the brush a little way, until you see the cluster of oak where Brianna shot a possum, bear left to a squarish rock with a bunch of adder's-tongue growing over it" The fact that the need for my services as a guide was probably all that kept them from killing me on the spot was, of course, a secondary consideration.”
“The flowers are for the most part conspicuous, and in plan like that of the adder's-tongue; but some, like the rushes (Fig. 83, _E_), have small, inconspicuous flowers; and others, like the yams and smilaxes, have flowers of two kinds, male and female.”
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
“The fruit of the _Liliaceæ_ may be either a pod, like that of the adder's-tongue, or a berry, like that of asparagus or Solomon's-seal.”
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
“The plants of this group agree in their general structure with the adder's-tongue, which is a thoroughly typical representative of the group; but nevertheless, there is much variation among them in the details of structure.”
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
“Back in the woods a little patch of harebells grew, and lower down, in a protected hollow, were bleeding-hearts and adder's-tongue, closely guarded by the clasp of their furry silvery leaves.”
“Please tell more about them, mother," said Marjorie, coming up with her hands full of yellow, speckled adder's-tongue.”
“An enthusiastic botanical collector told me that for years he searched far and near for the adder's-tongue fern, till one day he stumbled upon it in a place over which he had long been in the habit of passing.”
“But the true country elder-flower ointment contains a little piece of adder's-tongue fern, which is believed to confer magical virtue.”
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