Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of asplenioid ferns, closely allied to the genus Asplenium, from which it differs in having the sori linear, and confluent in pairs, opening toward each other.
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- noun a fern thought to resemble a millipede
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A group of evergreen ferns such as Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata', the hard fern Blechnum spicant and the hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium would look great through winter, and you could interplant these with primroses, so you get early spring flowers peeping out among them, like a little spring woodland floor scene.
Stumped? Acers, plus shady window boxes Lia Leendertz 2010
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An underplanting of snowdrops in clusters with hart's tongue ferns (Asplenium scolopendrium) tucked in at the back adds another season.
Gardens: Planting in drifts Fergus Garrett 2010
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Bossiaea, from three to five feet high, with compressed stem, and branches of the habit of Bossiaea scolopendrium, with yellow blossoms, and smooth many-seeded pods little more than an inch long.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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These include Asplenium scolopendrium, known as hart's tongue fern, a terrestrial evergreen offering shuttlecock-like crowns of light green strap-shaped leaves.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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