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lanceolate

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

adjective

  1. shaped like the head of a lance.
  2. narrow, and tapering toward the apex or sometimes at the base, as a leaf.


lanceolate

/ -lɪt; ˈlɑːnsɪəˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. narrow and tapering to a point at each end

    lanceolate leaves

“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


lanceolate

/ lănsē-ə-lāt′ /

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


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Other Words From

  • lance·o·lately adverb
  • sub·lance·o·late adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lanceolate1

1750–60; < Latin lanceolātus armed with a small lance, equivalent to lanceol ( a ) small lance ( lance ( a ) lance 1 + -ola -ole 1 ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lanceolate1

C18: from Late Latin lanceolātus, from lanceola small lance
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Example Sentences

Leaves of a lanceolate form are the largest, and the shape of those found on most varieties of the American plant.

The interior of the cathedral is comparatively poor and bare; but it has one great beauty—its colored lanceolate windows.

Thus, the abdomen of female Tipul is lanceolate; that of the male cylindrical, and thickest at the extremity.

The Raven can be known by its large size, its very large bill, and lanceolate feathers on the throat.

On the back they also have long lanceolate gray plumes; crown and a comet shaped patch under the eye of a yellowish white.

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