Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The spearwort, Ranunculus Flammula; also, the closely related R. ophioglossifolius: named from the shape of the leaf.
- noun More rarely, same as
adder's-tongue .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Same as
adder's-tongue .
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a snake's-tongue, or else a case of javelins or darts, having iron heads of good breadth and made sharp, sometimes both.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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