subulate
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of subulate
1750–60; < New Latin sūbulātus, equivalent to Latin sūbul ( a ) awl + -ātus -ate 1
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Filaments distinct or nearly so on the ring at base of corolla, alternating with 5 subulate staminodia; anthers linear.
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
Style undivided or 2-cleft only at the apex; stigmas 2, linear-filiform to subulate or ovate.
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
Tentacula depressed, subulate, at the external base of which are the eyes.—Adanson.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
The leaves are long, thick, with membranous sheaths, alternate and stem-clasping, or semi-cylindrical; the upper parts are lanceolate, dilated, subulate, and of a pale green colour.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
Glabrous throughout, erect, branching; leaflets 3–9, linear to oblong; spikes globose, the subulate setaceous bracts much shorter than the acutely toothed calyx, petals white.—Kan. to Tex.
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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