deer's tongue

English

Noun

deer's tongue

  1. A plant native to the southeastern US, Trilisa odoratissima, whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance resembling vanilla.
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  2. An unrelated plant native to the northwestern US and western Canada, Achlys triphylla, which also has a vanilla-like fragrance.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deer's tongue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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