Cryptic crossword clue
Sort of line you could find in tasty poem 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ASYMPTOTE

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does ASYMPTOTE mean?

ASYMPTOTE noun
  1. A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".
  2. (by extension) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.
ASYMPTOTE verb
  1. To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity.

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