hart's-tongue fern

Noun

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

• Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Florida strap fern , cow-tongue fern , hart's-tongue , Asplenium scolopendrium , Phyllitis scolopendrium , Olfersia cervina , Polybotrya cervina , Polybotria cervina