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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A composite plant, Trilisa odoratissima, of the United States, with rather fleshy leaves which are pleasantly fragrant when dry.
- noun The white adder's-tongue, Erythronium albidum.
- noun The rib-grass, Plantago lanceolata. In all the deer's-tongues the form of the leaf suggests the name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant (
Liatris odoratissima ) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.
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