hart's-tongue

Definitions of hart's-tongue

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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