Meaning of linguæform | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“If folium semilanceolatum, and semiellipticum, defined to be more than the upper halves of those leaves transversely cut⟳, were admissible, they would very happily express⟳ the exact shapes of the leaves of several species of Aloe, which are not linguæform, and much too broad at the base⟳ to call⟳ subulate, and too much truncated there to call⟳ lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate.”

“The liver is linguæform, lies on the right side, with a small lobe on the left, and has a reddish-orange colour.”

“Septæ deeply sinuous; dorsal lobe cleft by a profound linguæform sinus with a broad base⟳, into two narrow, elongated branches, which are not as wide as the sinus between, and which are gently expanded in the middle and narrowed to an acute point⟳ at their extremities by an oblique truncature of their inner margins; […]”

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