adder's tongue

== English == === Noun === adder's tongue (countable and uncountable, plural adder's tongues) Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. Synonyms: serpent's tongue, snake's tongue A lily in the genus Erythronium, other common names of which include fawn lily, trout lily and dog's tooth violet. Hart's tongue (fern) (Asplenium scolopendrium, syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium). (Chester) early-purple orchid, early spring orchis Orchis mascula ==== Hyponyms ==== (Erythronium): trout lily, dog's-tooth violet ==== Translations ==== === References === “adder's tongue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adder's tongue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3