lingua : Idioms & Phrases

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cyclophorus lingua

  • noun east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
    felt fern; Cyclophorus lingua; tongue fern.
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lingua franca

  • noun a common language used by speakers of different languages
    interlanguage; koine.
    • Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times
WordNet
Lin"gua Fran"ca
Etymology
It., prop., language of the Franks.
Definitions
  1. The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the language of the people of the region and foreign traders.
Webster 1913

pyrrosia lingua

  • noun east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
    felt fern; Cyclophorus lingua; tongue fern.
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ranunculus lingua

  • noun semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears
    greater spearwort.
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