Tongue-shaped

  • 21hound's-tongue — noun Date: before 12th century any of various coarse plants (genus Cynoglossum, especially C. officinale) of the borage family having tongue shaped leaves and reddish flowers …

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  • 22earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil. * * * …

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  • 23hound's tongue — noun a tall plant with small purplish flowers, tongue shaped leaves, and a mousy smell. [Cynoglossum officinale.] …

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  • 24lamb's-tongue — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural lamb s tongues) 1. a. : hoary plantain 1 b. : lamb s quarters 1 c. : an American dogtooth violet …

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  • 25earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil …

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  • 26hart's-tongue fern — noun 1. Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds • Syn: ↑hart s tongue, ↑Asplenium scolopendrium, ↑Phyllitis scolopendrium • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Asplenium, ↑ …

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  • 27egg and tongue — egg and dart egg and dart, egg and dart egg and dart . a decorative ovolo molding, having a series of egg shaped figures alternating with another shape in the form of a dart or anchor. Also used attributively; as, an egg and dart molding; an egg… …

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  • 28painted tongue — noun Chilean herb having velvety funnel shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat • Syn: ↑Salpiglossis sinuata • Hypernyms: ↑salpiglossis * * * noun : salpiglossis 2 * * * a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis… …

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  • 29Carp's Tongue complex — In archaeology, the Carp s Tongue complex refers to a tradition of metal working from south eastern England during the later Bronze Age. It was part of the Ewart Park Phase that dates from the eighth century BC.Numerous distinctive metal items… …

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  • 30hound's-tongue — hound s′ tongue n. pln a coarse, weedy plant, Cynoglossum officinale, of the borage family, with dull purplish red flowers, prickly nutlets, and hairy leaves shaped like a dog s tongue • Etymology: bef. 1000 …

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