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houndstongue

houndstongue 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 houndstongue

pluralhoundstongues

Origin of houndstongue

From Middle English houndestonge; equivalent to hound + -s- + tongue.

Questions about houndstongue

What is houndstongue the alternative form of?
Houndstongue is the alternative form of hound's tongue.

Words near houndstongue in the dictionary

  1. houndskull
  2. houndskulls
  3. houndsman
  4. houndsmen
  5. houndsteeth
  6. houndstongue
  7. houndstongues
  8. houndstooth
  9. Houndwood
  10. houndy
  11. hounfour

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