A plant with a tongue-shaped leaf resembling a frog's tongue, or the tongue of a frog; a folk name for various flora.
Compound of 'frog' + 'tongue'. This descriptive folk name likely originated from herbalists or naturalists noticing the resemblance between certain plant leaves and the flexible, protruding tongue frogs use to catch insects.
Frog tongues are actually spring-loaded weapons—they shoot out so fast and with such precision that scientists studying them have improved bullet design, showing how nature's solutions often inspire human engineering.
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