lanciform

[lan-suh-fawrm]

adjective

1. shaped like a lance.

   lanciform windows.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lanciform¹

First recorded in 1850–55; lance ¹ + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

The handsome, well preserved old man with the shrewd, kindly, white-bearded face told me now that these bushes with the grayish green, lanciform little leaves were Chinese tea, and that he was picking the two or three outside leaves on each twig in order to dry them for his domestic consumption.

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