deer's-tongue

[ deerz-tuhng ]

noun

1. green gentian.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deer's-tongue¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

There was the less formal phlox of a pinkish purple; deer's-tongue, white and yellow; frail anemones, both pink and white; small but stately violets, and the wake-robin with its wine-red centre among long green leaves.

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