sagittate
Americanadjective
adjective
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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
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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 Henry Allan Gleason
Anthers with tails or acutely sagittate; pappus none.—Low, densely floccose-woolly annuals; extreme western.
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 corolla was snow-white, except for a minute, sagittate marking of bright cerise on the lower lip.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
Leaves ovate to linear, not sagittate at base — 4. 3b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Leaves broad or narrow, sagittate at base — 5. 4a.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
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