(Asplenium scolopendrium syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium) of northern temperate regions, having long narrow undivided fronds.' name='description'> hart's-tongue - definition and meaning

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An evergreen fern (Asplenium scolopendrium syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium) of northern temperate regions, having long narrow undivided fronds.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fern, Scolopendrium vulgare, with long simple fronds; also, rarely, Polypodium Singaporianum and Acrostichum cervinum. See Scolopendrium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.
  • noun A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnæus. It is also found in Florida.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
  • noun Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the shape of its fronds.]

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Examples

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

  • Now ivy climbed boldly here and there over the rough mason-work, trails of late convolvulus festooned the opening, hardy hart's-tongue and tufts of parsley fern sprang from every crevice in the stones, while the top was covered with a tangle of briars, nettles, and matted grass.

    Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Frances Browne Arthur

  • Tree-fern and hart's-tongue show verdant fronds, flushed with autumnal red or gold, and a dense growth of starry flowers suggests a bed of many-coloured tulips.

    Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

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