The passage of time could only enhance his tenderness for the creature he clasped, this adored creature, whose motion was now more supple, whose haunches had grown more lyrate, whose hair-ribbon he had undone.
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Lyrate
Synonyms for "lyrate" (4 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
lyrate like
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
lyrate shaped
Related words (2)
Adjective(2 words)
lyre likelyre shaped
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3 entriesleaf morphologymorphological traitplant morphology
More specific
2 entrieslyrate bladelyrate leaf
Collocations
6 entrieslyrate bladelyrate leaflyrate leaf baselyrate leaf marginlyrate leaf shapelyre shaped leaf
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entrieslyrate leaflyrate likelyre likelyre shaped
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2 entriesSample sentences
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1976, T. G. Tutin, Flora Europaea, Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), page 72, Basal leaves simple, lyrate or pinnatifid; cauline leaves 1- to 2-pinnatifid, pinnatisect or simple.
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