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Noun: hart's-tongue  'haa(r)ts,túng
  1. Tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
    - hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina
     
  2. Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
    - hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium

Derived forms: hart's-tongues

Type of: fern

Part of: Asplenium, genus Asplenium

Encyclopedia: Hart's-tongue