"hound's tongue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hound's tongues [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English houndestonge, from Old English hundes tunge (“hound's tongue (cynoglossum officinale)”, literally “hound's tongue”). Compare Dutch hondstong (“hound's tongue”), German Hundszunge (“plant of the genus Cynoglossum”, literally “hound's tongue”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|houndestonge}} Middle English houndestonge, {{inh|en|ang|hundes tunge|lit=hound's tongue|t=hound's tongue (cynoglossum officinale)}} Old English hundes tunge (“hound's tongue (cynoglossum officinale)”, literally “hound's tongue”), {{cog|nl|hondstong|t=hound's tongue}} Dutch hondstong (“hound's tongue”), {{taxfmt|Cynoglossum|genus}} Cynoglossum, {{cog|de|Hundszunge|lit=hound's tongue|t=plant of the genus Cynoglossum}} German Hundszunge (“plant of the genus Cynoglossum”, literally “hound's tongue”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hound's tongue (plural hound's tongues)
  1. A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale) with soft tongue-shaped leaves and an offensive odour. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants Synonyms: dog's tongue, rib (english: plant), houndstongue, hound's-tongue Translations (Cynoglossum officinale): κυνόγλωσσον (kunóglōsson) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), لِسَان الكَلْب (lisān al-kalb) [masculine] (Arabic), мишина (mišina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), наумка (naumka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llengua de ca [feminine] (Catalan), koirankieli (Finnish), rohtokoirankieli (Finnish), cynoglosse (French), Hundszunge [feminine] (German), leadhb ghadhair [feminine] (Irish), teanga chon [feminine] (Irish), houndestonge (Middle English), سگزبان (sag-zabân) (Persian), atrățel [masculine] (Romanian), otrățel [masculine] (Romanian), черноко́рень лека́рственный (černokórenʹ lekárstvennyj) [masculine] (Russian), lengua de perro [feminine] (Spanish), hundtunga [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hound's_tongue-en-noun-ydYcEeLo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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