Tongue-shaped
11Tongue shape — Human vocal tract In linguistics (articulatory phonetics), tongue shape describes the shape that the tongue assumes when making a sound. Tongue shape is primarily important for the sibilant sounds. Because these sounds have such a high perceptual …
12tongue fern — noun east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus • Syn: ↑felt fern, ↑Pyrrosia lingua, ↑Cyclophorus lingua • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Pyrrosia, ↑ …
13tongue of high pressure — A pressure system dividing two low pressure areas. It also may be indicated by isobars extending from a high and is always rounded, never V shaped as sometimes occurs in a trough of low pressure. Also known as a wedge of high pressure or a ridge… …
14hound's-tongue — /howndz tung /, n. any of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, esp. C. officinale, having coarse, tongue shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets. [bef. 1000; ME; OE hundestunge, trans. of L… …
15hound's-tongue — noun 1. biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue shaped leaves and dark reddish purple flowers • Syn: ↑Cynoglossum officinale • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Cynoglossum, ↑genu …
16dog's-tongue — Hound s tongue Hound s tongue , n. [AS. hundes tunge.] (Bot.) A biennial weed ({Cynoglossum officinale}), with soft tongue shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also {dog s tongue}.… …
17Hound's-tongue — n. [AS. hundes tunge.] (Bot.) A biennial weed ({Cynoglossum officinale}), with soft tongue shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also {dog s tongue}. [1913 Webster] …
18ox-tongue — oxtongue ox tongue , ox tongue ox tongue , n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed ({Picris echioides} formerly {Helminthia echioides}) with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and… …
19ox|tongue — «OKS TUHNG», noun. 1. the tongue of an ox. 2. a composite plant with yellow flowers and prickly leaves, growing on clayey soil. 3. any one of various plants with rough tongue shaped leaves, such as the bugloss …
20hound's-tongue — [houndz′tuŋ΄] n. any of a genus (Cynoglossum) of weedy plants of the borage family, with white, blue, or reddish flowers and hairy, tongue shaped leaves …
