awl-shaped

American  

[awl-sheypt] / ˈɔlˌʃeɪpt /

adjective

1. having the shape of an awl.

2. subulate.

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Etymology

Origin of awl-shaped

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

Resiniferous trees or shrubs, with mostly awl-shaped or needle-shaped and evergreen leaves, and monœcious or diœcious 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

Fertile flowers consisting of a single ovary tapering into a short style; stigmas 2–4, awl-shaped; ovule erect, anatropous.

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

Calyx-tube tapering at the summit; the lobes slender, awl-shaped, persistent.

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

Style awl-shaped, 3-cleft at the apex; stigmas minutely 2-lobed.

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

Cotyledons 2.—Evergreen trees or shrubs, with awl-shaped or scale-like rigid leaves, often of two shapes in § 2.

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