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adder's tongues

adder's tongues is the plural 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

Questions about adder's tongues

What is adder's tongues the plural of?
Adder's tongues is the plural of adder's tongue.

Words near adder's tongues in the dictionary

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

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