deer's-tongue

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 U.S. with long panicles of greenish white purple-spotted flowers compare deer's ear

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