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hastate

American  
[has-teyt] / ˈhæs teɪt /

adjective

Botany.
  1. (of a leaf ) triangular or shaped like an arrow, with two spreading lobes at the base.


hastate British  
/ ˈhæsteɪt /

adjective

  1. (of a leaf) having a pointed tip and two outward-pointing lobes at the base

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of hastate

1780–90; < Latin hastātus armed with a spear, equivalent to hast ( a ) spear + -ātus -ate 1

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Leaves hastate or triangular-ovate, entire or with many teeth — 7. 7a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Sagittaria.—Graceful water or marsh plants with hastate leaves, and tuberous, running and fibrous roots.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

Leaves: Alternate, variable, sometimes very large, broad, hastate, ovate, or heart-shaped, wavy-toothed, lobed, or palmately cleft; upper leaves smaller, lance-shaped, entire.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

Principal leaves with a broad truncate, rounded, or hastate base — 6.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Stem trailing or twining; leaves sagittate or hastate — 4. 4a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

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