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adder
adder [-s]
adj
OE
nædre
, serpent, venom.
Phrase. “Adder Tongue”: adder's-tongue; plant whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue; [metonymy; word play] poisonous snake; venomous serpent.