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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lizard's tail

/lĭz'-ẽrdz tāl/ · Liz·ard's tail · IPA
01 n. A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (Saururus cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spik…
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    A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (Saururus cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.(Bot.)