koirankieli

koiran (“dog's”) +‎ kieli (“tongue”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯rɑnˌkie̯li/, [ˈko̞i̯rɑ̝ŋˌk̟ie̞̯li]
• Rhymes: -ieli
• Syllabification^(key): koi‧ran‧kie‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): koiran‧kieli

koirankieli

1. hound's tongue, dog's tongue, gypsy flower (Cynoglossum officinale) (herbaceous plant found in most parts of Europe and also in North America where it was accidentally introduced)
2. (in the plural) Cynoglossum (genus of plants in the family Boraginaceae)

• This is the only Cynoglossum species that grows naturally in Finland, and therefore the more specific name rohtokoirankieli is only needed when there's a possibility of confusion with other plants of the genus.
• In the verbatim sense ("tongue of a dog") the components are written separately: koiran kieli.

• (Cynoglossum officinale): rohtokoirankieli

• “koirankieli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023