subulate

[ soo-byuh-lit, -leyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Biology.

subulate

/ ˈsuːbjəlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

1750–60; < New Latin sūbulātus, equivalent to Latin sūbul ( a ) awl + -ātus -ate ¹

C18: from New Latin subulatus like an awl, from Latin sūbula awl

Receptacle convex to subulate, chaffy, the scarious chaff not embracing the smooth dorsally compressed achenes.

Receptacle convex to globose, beset with bristle-like or subulate or short and soft chaff.

Style undivided or 2-cleft only at the apex; stigmas 2, linear-filiform to subulate or ovate.

Involucral leaves numerous, equitant; perianth ovate-subulate or narrowly fusiform, 3-angled, deeply 6–8-lobed.

Leaves succubous, semi-vertical, circular, or ovate and pointed; underleaves subulate.

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