Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evergreen fern (Asplenium scolopendrium syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium) of northern temperate regions, having long narrow undivided fronds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fern, Scolopendrium vulgare, with long simple fronds; also, rarely, Polypodium Singaporianum and Acrostichum cervinum. See
Scolopendrium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A common British fern (
Scolopendrium vulgare ), rare in America. - noun A West Indian fern, the
Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnæus. It is also found in Florida.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
- noun Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
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Now ivy climbed boldly here and there over the rough mason-work, trails of late convolvulus festooned the opening, hardy hart's-tongue and tufts of parsley fern sprang from every crevice in the stones, while the top was covered with a tangle of briars, nettles, and matted grass.
Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Frances Browne Arthur
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Tree-fern and hart's-tongue show verdant fronds, flushed with autumnal red or gold, and a dense growth of starry flowers suggests a bed of many-coloured tulips.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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