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- adjective Resembling a
vase or some aspect of one.
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Examples
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After touching the glass to the lips the contents could easily be thrown into one of the tall, vaselike cuspidors which stood beside each chair, or, failing in this, it was very easy to dance around the room, apparently in response to the music, and dance out with the glass untouched.
Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919
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After touching the glass to the lips the contents could easily be thrown into one of the tall, vaselike cuspidors which stood beside each chair, or, failing in this, it was very easy to dance around the room, apparently in response to the music, and dance out with the glass untouched.
Madeleine An Autobiography Anonymous 1919
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With autumn came a glorious abundance and variety of asters, those beautiful plant stars, together with goldenrods, sunflowers, daisies, and liatris of different species, while around the shady margin of the meadow many ferns in beds and vaselike groups spread their beautiful fronds, especially the osmundas (_O. claytoniana, regalis_, and _cinnamomea_) and the sensitive and ostrich ferns.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876
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Commercial peach production uses an open, vaselike form, but other pruning styles work as well.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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The four families of pitcher plants have vaselike pitfalls.
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Oblong, lance-shaped pinnatisect bright green fronds rise vaselike from a central trunk and maintain their verticality, making for a distinctively architectural form.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Oblong, lance-shaped pinnatisect bright green fronds rise vaselike from a central trunk and maintain their verticality, making for a distinctively architectural form.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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The American Elm used to be treasured for its beautiful vaselike crown, how well it puts up with stress, and its ability to develop quickly.
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The American Elm used to be treasured for its beautiful vaselike crown, how well it puts up with stress, and its ability to develop quickly.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Andreej 2009
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The American Elm used to be treasured for its beautiful vaselike crown, how well it puts up with stress, and its ability to develop quickly.
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