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hound's tongue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
hound's -tongue
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World.

noun

Any member of the genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World.

Etymology

From Middle English houndestonge, from Old English hundes tunge (“hound’s tongue (cynoglossum officinale)”), a calque of Latin cynoglossos, itself from Ancient Greek κυνόγλωσσον (kunóglōsson, literally “hound’s tongue”). Compare Dutch hondstong, German Hundszunge.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: houndestonge, hundes tunge, cynoglossos, κυνόγλωσσον

Inflected Forms

hound's tongues (plural) houndstongue (alternative) hound's-tongue (alternative)

Phrases

Australian hound's tongue blue hound's tongue Drakensberg hound's tongue fuzzy hound's tongue green hound's tongue magenta hound's tongue small hound's tongue soft hound's tongue)

Synonyms

dog's tongue rib

Questions

What does hound's tongue mean?
Any member of the genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World.
Where does hound's tongue come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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