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Definition of ribbon-like in English:

ribbon-like

Pronunciation /-ˌlīk/

adjective

‘The six-bead models more accurately reflect the ribbonlike morphology of the amyloid fibrils, whereas the simplicity of the one-bead model allows the examination of much longer fibril lengths.’

‘Both sets of paintings feature looping, ribbonlike gestures of brightly differing paints that seem to want to soar out from the skewed regularity of Spruell's compositional structures.’
‘Vicuna shows me how he strips away the worthless outer sheath of each stalk and then splits and separates the inner fingers, leaving dozens of yard-long, ribbonlike strands attached to the leaf stem.’
‘In The Medical Student, for instance, he gives us a blue and white sky that, though light in hue, heavily descends from the top of the canvas in thick, ribbonlike swaths.’
‘Histologically, the tumor was composed of trabecular and anastomosing ribbonlike nests, identical to the features of carcinoid tumors of other sites.’