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lanceolate - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shaped like the head of a lance; tapering from a rounded base toward the apex.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like a lance-head; in botany, several times longer than broad, and tapering from a rounded base toward the apex, or tapering in both directions: by some restricted to the latter case: said of leaves, scales, marks, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, mycology Having the general shape of a
lance ; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and apointed apex . - adjective technical Of a class of
knapped stone points , made without astem ,shoulders ,notches , or other features that aid in attachment to ashaft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin lanceolātus, from Latin lanceola, diminutive of Latin lancea, lance; see lance.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin lanceolatus.
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Examples
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A person hunting with spears would likely carry a couple of lighter ones with an atl-atl, and a heavy, lanceolate one like a boar spear for the finish or in case of a charge.
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A person hunting with spears would likely carry a couple of lighter ones with an atl-atl, and a heavy, lanceolate one like a boar spear for the finish or in case of a charge.
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The leaves are opposite, simple broad lanceolate to ovate, 1-9 cm long and 0.5-6 cm broad.
VINCA MINOR ALBA FOR ELEGANCE Pooky 2009
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Var. serrulatus; leaves tender, lanceolate, acute, serrulated; stamens about 44.
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These are lanceolate points that are pointed at each end.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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These are lanceolate points that are pointed at each end.
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On the stiff soil the trees were ironbark, box, apple, gum, and some large acacias, with long lanceolate phyllodia, and large spikes of golden coloured flowers.
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I also here obtained specimens of a beautiful Hoyea, with long lanceolate leaves, a much finer shrub than H. CELSII.
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CALLITRIS, and a very pretty LOPHOSTEMON, about twenty feet high, with long narrow lanceolate leaves, and very round bushy top.
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The typical leaf is oblong elliptical, while individual plants produce lanceolate leaves with two short lateral lobes, with many intermediate forms.
Tropic Days 2003
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