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hart's-tongue

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: hart's-tongue

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n
tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
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n
Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hart's-tongue
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n tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya

Synonyms:
Olfersia cervina, Polybotria cervina, Polybotrya cervina, hart's-tongue fern
Type of:
fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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n Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds

Synonyms:
Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue fern
Type of:
fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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