Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hart's-tongue
2 senses of hart's-tongue
Sense 1
hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina -- (tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya)
=> fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Sense 2
hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium -- (Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds)
=> fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)