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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hound's-tongue /ˈhaʊn(d)zˌtʌŋ/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hound's-tongue n.  Bot. A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hound's-tongue
      n 1: perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped
           leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers [syn: Cynoglossum
            virginaticum]
      2: biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse
         tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers [syn:
          Cynoglossum officinale]