lamb's-tongue

  • 11Lamb's wool — Lamb Lamb, n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The young of the sheep. [1913 Webster] 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [1913 Webster] 3. A simple, unsophisticated… …

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  • 12Tongue — Infobox Anatomy | Name = Tongue Latin = lingua GraySubject = 242 GrayPage = 1125 Caption = A human tongue Caption2 = Width = 250 |fjhfkdvhbufnbjg Precursor = pharyngeal arches, lateral lingual swelling, tuberculum impar [EmbryologyUNC|hednk|024]… …

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  • 13lamb's ears — noun plural but singular in construction : a perennial hedge nettle (Stachys olympica) densely covered with whitish silky wool called also woolly hedge nettle * * * pl. lamb s ears. a hardy Middle Eastern plant, Stachys byzantina, of the mint… …

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  • 14lamb's-ears — vilnotoji notra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Notrelinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Stachys byzantina), paplitęs Kaukaze ir Turkijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Stachys byzantina angl. lamb s ears; lamb s tails; lamb s tongue; woolly betony… …

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  • 15lamb's-tails — vilnotoji notra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Notrelinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Stachys byzantina), paplitęs Kaukaze ir Turkijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Stachys byzantina angl. lamb s ears; lamb s tails; lamb s tongue; woolly betony… …

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  • 16lamb's ear — /ˈlæmz ɪə/ (say lamz ear) noun a woolly leaved perennial with crimson flowers, Stachys lanata, native to the Caucasus and Iran, often used as an edging plant because of its decorative foliage. Also, lamb s tongue …

  • 17tongue — ► NOUN 1) the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech. 2) the tongue of an ox or lamb as food. 3) a person s style or manner of speaking: a debater with a caustic tongue. 4) a …

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  • 18The Lamb — Lamb Lamb, n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The young of the sheep. [1913 Webster] 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [1913 Webster] 3. A simple, unsophisticated… …

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  • 19tongue — noun 1》 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.     ↘the tongue of an ox or lamb, as food. 2》 a person s style or manner of speaking. 3》 a particular language. 4》 a strip …

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  • 20LAMB, CHARLES —    essayist and critic, born in London, and educated at Christ s Hospital, where he had Coleridge for school fellow; was for 35 years a clerk in the East India Company s office, on his retirement from which he was allowed a pension of £450; it… …

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