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Lanceolate

Lanceolate Meaning & Definition
Lanceolate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lanceolate?

[adj] of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lanceolate: lancelike | pointed | simple | unsubdivided

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Lanceolate In Webster's Dictionary

\Lan"ce*o*late\, Lanceolated \Lan"ce*o*la`ted\a. [L. lanceolatus: cf. F. lanc['e]ol?. See {Lanceolar}.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.

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