deer's-tongue

deer's-tongue
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural deer's-tongues)
1. : wild vanilla — used chiefly commercially
2. : a tall-growing perennial herb (Frasera speciosa) of the Pacific coast of the United States with long panicles of greenish white purple-spotted flowers — compare deer's ear

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/dearz"tung'/, n.
[1860-65]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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