sagittate

American  

[saj-i-teyt] / ˈsædʒ ɪˌteɪt /

Also sagittiform

adjective

Biology.

1. shaped like an arrowhead.

   sagittate leaves of the calla lily;

   sagittate markings on a moth.

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sagittate British  

/ səˈdʒɪtɪˌfɔːm, ˈsædʒ-, ˈsædʒɪˌteɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of leaves) shaped like the head of an arrow

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Other Word Forms

• half-sagittate
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of sagittate

First recorded in 1750–60; from New Latin sagittātus “shaped like an arrowhead,” from Latin sagittātus “shot or wounded by an arrow,” past participle of sagittāre “to shoot or discharge arrows,” derivative of sagitta; see Sagitta; see origin at -ate ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Anthers sagittate, the basal lobes attenuate into tails.

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.—Alternate; sagittate; two inches or so long; smooth.

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

Leaves more or less sagittate; spathe green Arrow Arum, Peltandra virginica.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

This belt is divided into four spaces, in each of 413 which there is a checkered, terraced pyramid pointing downward; the lower part and sides of each space is occupied with triangular and sagittate figures.

From Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 by Stevenson, James

Stem trailing or twining; leaves sagittate or hastate — 4. 4a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Related Words

• barbed
• sharp