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hound's-tongue

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

Meaning of hound's tongue

Noun

hound's tongue (plural hound's tongues)

  1. Any member of the genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World.
    1. In particular, the biennial weed Cynoglossum officinale, which has soft tongue-shaped leaves and an offensive odour, and which bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles.

Forms of hound's-tongue

pluralhound's-tongues

Questions about hound's-tongue

What is hound's-tongue the alternative form of?
Hound's-tongue is the alternative form of hound's tongue.

Words near hound's-tongue in the dictionary

  1. hound shark
  2. hound sharks
  3. hound's tongue
  4. hound's tongues
  5. hound's tooth
  6. hound's-tongue
  7. hound's-tongues
  8. hound-dog
  9. hound-dogged
  10. hound-dogging
  11. hound-dogs

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