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hart's tongue

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
hart's -tongue
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fern Asplenium scolopendrium.

Etymology

From Middle English hartisstonge, hertestong, hertez tonge, hertis tonge, hertistonge, hertis tounge, hertt tong, hertys tonge, hertystungge.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hartisstonge

Inflected Forms

hart's tongues (plural)

Questions

What does hart's tongue mean?
The fern Asplenium scolopendrium.
Where does hart's tongue come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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