hart's-tongue

hart's-tongue

(härts′tŭng′)n. An evergreen fern (Asplenium scolopendrium syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium) of northern temperate regions, having long narrow undivided fronds.

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[From the shape of its fronds.]

hart's-tongue

n (Plants) an evergreen Eurasian fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, with narrow undivided fronds bearing rows of sori: family Polypodiaceae

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hart's-tongue - tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotryahart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotria cervina, Polybotrya cervinafern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
	2.	hart's-tongue - Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate frondsAsplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue fernfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesAsplenium, genus Asplenium - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae