subulate

[ soo-byuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.

subulate

/ ˈsuːbjəlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of plant parts) tapering to a point; awl-shaped

Word History and Origins

Origin of subulate¹

1750–60; < New Latin sūbulātus, equivalent to Latin sūbul ( a ) awl + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of subulate¹

C18: from New Latin subulatus like an awl, from Latin sūbula awl

Example Sentences

Receptacle convex to subulate, chaffy, the scarious chaff not embracing the smooth dorsally compressed achenes.

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Receptacle convex to globose, beset with bristle-like or subulate or short and soft chaff.

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Style undivided or 2-cleft only at the apex; stigmas 2, linear-filiform to subulate or ovate.

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Involucral leaves numerous, equitant; perianth ovate-subulate or narrowly fusiform, 3-angled, deeply 6–8-lobed.

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Leaves succubous, semi-vertical, circular, or ovate and pointed; underleaves subulate.

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