Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling sap (the juice of plants).

Etymologies

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sap +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Their screams of terror delight the heart of Shub-Niggurath, who secretes a saplike milk that glows a sickly green in the night.

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  • TaLi scooped some of the saplike substance out in her hand and rubbed the sticky stuff into my fur.

    Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008

  • TaLi scooped some of the saplike substance out in her hand and rubbed the sticky stuff into my fur.

    Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008

  • TaLi scooped some of the saplike substance out in her hand and rubbed the sticky stuff into my fur.

    Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008

  • The small hammer he picked up bounced harmlessly off the hardened saplike material.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • The small hammer he picked up bounced harmlessly off the hardened saplike material.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • An effort had been made to fill in the worst of the potholes on the side road, and to cut back trees and bushes, some of the saw cuts so recent that Anna could smell the odor of pine resin and other saplike odors.

    Darksong Rising Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • The sticky, saplike substance held water, and his senses indicated that he could probably lick or eat the gooey stuff.

    The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • The sticky, saplike substance held water, and his senses indicated that he could probably lick or eat the gooey stuff.

    The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • He carefully dabbed the brush along the dagger's groove, filling it with the orange, saplike liquid, then closed the jar and returned it to its secret place beside the brush.

    Conan The Hunter Moore, Sean A. 1994

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