oblanceolate

American  

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

adjective

Botany.

1. inversely lanceolate, as a leaf.

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oblanceolate British  

/ -ˌleɪt, ɒbˈlɑːnsɪəlɪt /

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

Example Sentences

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

Leaves oblanceolate or nearly lanceolate; petals and stamens commonly 3; seeds more slender, covering the axis.—Ponds,

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

Leaves.—In whorls of six to eight; linear oblanceolate; one inch long.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Leaves.—Alternate; nearly sessile; narrowly oblanceolate; acute; tomentose beneath; glabrous above; three to nine lines long; much fascicled.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Leaves.—All radical; lanceolate or oblanceolate; mostly laciniately pinnatifid.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth