hart's-tongue fern
n 1: tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate
fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya [syn: hart's-tongue,
Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria
cervina]
2: Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds [syn: hart's-tongue,
Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium]
3: common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale
yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies
and Mexico and south to Uruguay [syn: Florida strap fern,
cow-tongue fern]