Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed like a tongue; linguiform; ligulate; strap-shaped; in botany, long and nearly flat, somewhat fleshy, and rounded at the apex: as, a tongue-shaped leaf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaped like a tongue
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Examples
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Saturnino Allende crouches beside a mountain path and gently puts his fingers around the stem of a plant with rough, tongue-shaped leaves.
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They watched as he lifted the tongue-shaped glob of silly-putty and set it into his mouth.
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Rose walked along the bushes, trying to see through the thick tongue-shaped leaves to the base of the foundation.
Some Assembly Required Lynn Kiele Bonasia 2008
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Giant tongue-shaped formations seen in photographs of Mars now take on new significance: perhaps they are creeping, rock - covered glaciers.
Waterworld 2007
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They employ their radula, a tongue-shaped structure with many tiny tooth-like projections to scrape food from surfaces.
Mollusca 2007
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The dark green tongue-shaped wedge of each tree against the twilight.
Archive 2007-11-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007
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The dark green tongue-shaped wedge of each tree against the twilight.
Green Adam Roberts Project 2007
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To the tongue-shaped shell is attached a pedicle or stalk, attaining a length of ten inches, opaque and tough, which is broken off, seared over the fire, and eaten with apparent relish.
Tropic Days 2003
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“El-Zánah,” to the north; and a foreground of pale-yellow, stark-naked gypsum, apparently tongue-shaped.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The smith lifted with the tongs the black, flat, tongue-shaped piece of metal, and Ramón looked at it a long time.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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