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adder's-tongue

adder's-tongue is the alternative form of adder's tongue.

Meaning of adder's tongue

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.
  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. Phyllitis scolopendrium).
  4. (Chester) early-purple orchid, early spring orchis Orchis mascula

Forms of adder's-tongue

pluraladder's-tongues

Questions about adder's-tongue

What is adder's-tongue the alternative form of?
Adder's-tongue is the alternative form of adder's tongue.

Words near adder's-tongue in the dictionary

  1. adder's grass
  2. adder's mouth
  3. adder's tongue
  4. adder's tongues
  5. adder's wort
  6. adder's-tongue
  7. adder's-tongues
  8. adder-subtractor
  9. adder-subtractors
  10. adder/subtractor
  11. adder/subtractors

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