Etymology
Origin of awl-shaped
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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Leaves linear and spreading; also some awl-shaped and imbricated on flowering branchlets.—Swamps,
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Filaments awl-shaped, usually somewhat monadelphous at base; anthers oblong, versatile.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Receptacle narrow, with an awl-shaped prolongation in centre.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
C. hyssopifòlium, L. Somewhat hairy when young, pale; floral leaves or bracts awl-shaped from a dilated base or the upper ovate and pointed, scarious-margined; fruit wing-margined.—Sandy beaches along the Great Lakes, central Neb.,
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Filaments entirely united in a central solid column, bearing 6–12 linear anthers at unequal heights; there are 3–6 awl-shaped rudiments of stamens in the fertile flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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