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Ringent

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers.

    "Ringent pools of gas kept erupting in oily eyes on the surface."

Etymology

Latin ringens, from the verb ringi (“to open wide”).

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