Tongue-shaped

  • 31adder's tongue — noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake s tongue • Syn: ↑adder s tongue fern • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑ribbon fern, ↑Ophioglossum pendulum • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 32adder's tongue fern — noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake s tongue • Syn: ↑adder s tongue • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑ribbon fern, ↑Ophioglossum pendulum • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 33hart's tongue — noun A fern (Scolopendrium vulgare) with strap shaped leaves • • • Main Entry: ↑hart * * * (also hart s tongue fern) n. a common European fern whose long, narrow undivided fronds are said to resemble the tongues of deer. ● Phyllitis (or… …

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  • 34egg and tongue — Egg Egg ([e^]g), n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [ae]g (whence OE. ey), Sw. [ a]gg, Dan. [ae]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. w,o n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. {Oval}.] 1. (Popularly) The oval …

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  • 35egg-and-tongue — Anchor An chor ([a^][ng] k[ e]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. a gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain),… …

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  • 36cow-tongue fern — noun common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow green strap shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay • Syn: ↑Florida strap fern, ↑hart s tongue fern • Hypernyms: ↑strap fern …

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  • 37egg-and-tongue — noun a decorative molding; a series of egg shaped figures alternating with another shape • Syn: ↑egg and dart, ↑egg and anchor • Hypernyms: ↑molding, ↑moulding * * * eggˈ and anchˈor, eggˈ and dartˈ, eggˈ and tongueˈ …

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  • 38painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel shaped flowers in a variety of colors. * * * …

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  • 39earth-tongue — noun any club shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum • Syn: ↑earthtongue • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Geoglossum, ↑genus Geoglossum …

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  • 40crotch tongue — noun : a V shaped part joining the front and rear sleds of a logging sled …

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