lanceolate

[ lan-see-uh-leyt, -lit ]

/ ˈlæn si əˌleɪt, -lɪt /

adjective

shaped like the head of a lance.

narrow, and tapering toward the apex or sometimes at the base, as a leaf.

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Origin of lanceolate

1750–60; < Latin lanceolātus armed with a small lance, equivalent to lanceol(a) small lance (lance(a) lance¹ + -ola -ole¹) + -ātus -ate¹

Related formslan·ce·o·late·ly, adverbsub·lan·ce·o·late, adjective

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Examples from the Web for lanceolate

Receptacle conical; the lanceolate carinate spiny-tipped chaff longer than the disk-flowers.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
Lanceolate and concave on one side at the base, and on the other at the apex.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4)|William Kirby
The first glume is lanceolate, acute and awned between two teeth, 7-nerved and scaberulous.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Palea canary yellow to light-brown, lanceolate with Fig. 60.
Grasses|H. Marshall Ward

The outline of the frond is lanceolate, and the colour of the foliage is dark green.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin

British Dictionary definitions for lanceolate

lanceolate

/ (ˈlɑːnsɪəˌleɪt, -lɪt) /

adjective

narrow and tapering to a point at each endlanceolate leaves

Word Origin for lanceolate

C18: from Late Latin lanceolātus, from lanceola small lance

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Science definitions for lanceolate

lanceolate

[ lăn′sē-ə-lāt′ ]

Tapering from a rounded base toward an apex; lance-shaped. Many willows have lanceolate leaves.