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Definition of adder's tongue in English: adder's tongue(US adder-tongue) noun 1A fern having a single pointed oval frond and a straight spore-bearing stem. Genus Ophioglossum, family Ophioglossaceae, in particular O. vulgatum Example sentencesExamples - In it grow such ferns as adder's tongue fern, bog fern, Christmas fern, crested fern, Goldie's fern, maidenhair fern, New York fern, ostrich fern, and spinulose woodfern.
- Since they sprout from perennial caudices, the adder's tongue ferns were presumably established in the chamise understory.
- The general conclusion was that the impact of the first year's cattle grazing had helped the adder's tongue fern to thrive.
- Over 103 species of grasses and herbs have been recorded in the meadows including green-winged orchid, common spotted orchid, adder's tongue, pepper-saxifrage, yellow rattle and saw-wort.
- We have beautiful new note cards depicting fetid adder's tongues, woodland wildflowers, northwest conifers, and Mill Valley lichens.
2North American another term for dog's-tooth violet, especially a trout lily Example sentencesExamples - Adder's tongue is a perennial plant that grows to 1 foot high.
Definition of adder's tongue in US English: adder's tonguenoun 1A widely distributed atypical fern that has a single pointed oval leaf and a straight unbranched spore-bearing stem. Genus Ophioglossum, family Ophioglossaceae, in particular O. vulgatum Example sentencesExamples - Since they sprout from perennial caudices, the adder's tongue ferns were presumably established in the chamise understory.
- We have beautiful new note cards depicting fetid adder's tongues, woodland wildflowers, northwest conifers, and Mill Valley lichens.
- Over 103 species of grasses and herbs have been recorded in the meadows including green-winged orchid, common spotted orchid, adder's tongue, pepper-saxifrage, yellow rattle and saw-wort.
- The general conclusion was that the impact of the first year's cattle grazing had helped the adder's tongue fern to thrive.
- In it grow such ferns as adder's tongue fern, bog fern, Christmas fern, crested fern, Goldie's fern, maidenhair fern, New York fern, ostrich fern, and spinulose woodfern.
2North American another term for dogtooth violet, especially a trout lily Example sentencesExamples - Adder's tongue is a perennial plant that grows to 1 foot high.
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