oblanceolate

American  

[ob-lan-see-uh-lit, -layt] / ɒbˈlæn si ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany.

1. inversely lanceolate, as a leaf.

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oblanceolate British  

/ ɒbˈlɑːnsɪəlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. botany (esp of leaves) having a rounded apex and a tapering base

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Etymology

Origin of oblanceolate

First recorded in 1840–50; ob- + lanceolate

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Example Sentences

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oblanceolate

The fern, known as Tmesipteris oblanceolate, belongs to a primordial group of plants that evolved long before the dinosaurs set foot on the earth.

From BBC ● May 31, 2024

Sonchus oleraceus L. Flowers pale yellow; achenes reddish brown, linear, oblanceolate, 3 mm. long, flattened extremities blunt, 5 uneven wrinkled ridges on each side.

From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by W. J. (William James) Beal

Strigose-puberulent; basal leaves thin, green, spatulate-obovate or oblanceolate, not prominently veined beneath; heads smaller; pappus scales broadly deltoid.—Del. 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 Asa Gray

The second glume is lanceolate, membranous, hairy at the top, 3-nerved with margins infolded; palea is oblanceolate, thinly membranous, nerveless and ciliated at the top; there are three stamens and two lodicules.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari

Annual, slender; pubescence very fine; leaves narrowly oblanceolate; pods glabrous, suberect on ascending or curved pedicels, stipitate; style long.

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 Asa Gray

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