lanceolate
Americanadjective
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shaped like the head of a lance.
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narrow, and tapering toward the apex or sometimes at the base, as a leaf.
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Etymology
Origin of lanceolate
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
Example Sentences
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The ears are far narrower than those of living rhinos – they’ve even been described as lanceolate in form.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2013
Pubescent or smoothish; leaflets lanceolate or oblong; flowers violet or blue, sometimes pure white; pods ovate or oblong-lanceolate, of a thin or papery texture.—N. Maine to Labrador.
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
Perennial; leaves short, narrowly lanceolate, downy and roughish; flowers solitary; bracts ovate, half as long as the tube; petals rose-color or white, toothed.—Mich.,
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
Interior design, 6 radiating lanceolate or petaloid areas, double-line bordered, containing from 33 to 50 spots.
From Mohave Pottery by Harner, Michaell J.
Stem rather simple, 2-edged, 1–2° high, stout; leaves oval or oblong, somewhat clasping, thickish; flowers showy; outer sepals round-cordate, inner lanceolate; petals obovate; styles 3 or 4.—Pine barrens, Long Island to Penn., and southward.
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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