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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TONGUE-SHAPED, TUNG-SHAPED

a.In botany, a tongue-shaped leaf, is linear and fleshy, blunt at the end, convex underneath, and having usually a cartilaginous border.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TONGUE-SHAPED

TONGUE-SHAPED Tongue "-shaped `, a.

 

Defn: Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot. ), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.