TONGUE-SHAPED TUNG'-SHAPED, adjective In botany, a tongue-shaped leaf, is linear and fleshy, blunt at the end, convex underneath, and having usually a cartilaginous border. TONGUE-TIE'-TIE, verb transitive [tongue and tie.] To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
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