hart's-tongue fern

1. 1.

   tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya

   Synonymshart's-tongueOlfersia cervinaPolybotrya cervinaPolybotria cervina

   Broaderfern
2. 2.

   Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds

   Synonymshart's-tongueAsplenium scolopendriumPhyllitis scolopendrium

   Broaderfern

   Part ofAsplenium
3. 3.

   common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay

   SynonymsFlorida strap ferncow-tongue fern

   Broaderstrap fern

Questions about hart's-tongue fern

What does hart's-tongue fern mean?

hart's-tongue fern means "tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hart's-tongue fern?

Close synonyms include hart's-tongue, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina, hart's-tongue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hart's-tongue fern a common word?

hart's-tongue fern is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.