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LANCEOLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lanceolate mean?
• LANCEOLATE (adjective)
The adjective LANCEOLATE has 1 sense:
1. (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
Familiarity information: LANCEOLATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
Synonyms:
lancelike; lanceolate
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
Context examples
The leaves are lanceolate to elliptic, 10-20 cm long and 1.5-10 cm broad.
(Echinacea, NCI Thesaurus)
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