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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SERPENT, n. Also sarpent (Bnff. 1887 W. M. Philip Covedale 177). Sc. usage in comb. serpent's tongue, the lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, so called from its narrow tapering leaf.Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminiscences 96:
More likely to have some effect [on the toothache] was the application of the root of the little plant locally known as the “serpent's tongue”.