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Definition of Earth-tongue
1. Noun. Any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Group relationships: Genus Geoglossum, Geoglossum
Definition of Earth-tongue
1. Noun. A fungus of the genus ''Geoglossum''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Earth-tongue
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Earth-tongue
Literary usage of Earth-tongue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Indian Life by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons, Elsie Clews Barsons, Christopher Grant La Farge (1922)
"earth-tongue, a Mohave earth-tongue'S earliest recollection was of the dim, cool
house, where he picked bits of charcoal out of the soft sand and crumbled ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Earth- tongue, a genus of ascomycetous fungi found in bogs and meadows, all the
species growing upon the earth. There are 7 British and a larger number of ..."
3. English Compound Words and Phrases: A Reference List, with Statement of by Francis Horace Teall (1892)
"... earthquake=sha(low earthquake=shock earth=shine earth=smoke earth=star
earth=stopper earth=table earth=tilting earth=tongue earth=treatment earth=tremor ..."
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