Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In natural history, having a shape between oblong and lanceolate.
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Examples
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The fruit is commonly red when ripe, oblong-lanceolate and 1.5 to
Chapter 9 1993
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The brown pods are oblong-lanceolate and pointed at both ends.
Chapter 22 1990
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A tuberous herb with a leafy stem, 0. 9-1.2 m high, with oblong-lanceolate, fibrous leaves 30-50 cm long and 7. 5-10 cm broad.
Chapter 12 1987
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Fronds oblong-lanceolate, five to twelve inches long, twice pinnate, the pinnæ often pinnatifid or cut-toothed, ovate-lanceolate, decurrent on the winged rachis.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Fronds oblong-lanceolate, three to ten inches high, rather smooth above, thickly clothed underneath with rusty, bristle-like chaff.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Its oval or oblong-lanceolate leaves and other green parts are covered with whitish, rather sharp, spreading hairs.
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains
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Its leaves are oblong-lanceolate; they have three ribs, which coalesce into one at the base; its young twigs are downy, and its leaves have the taste of cinnamon.
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Pinnæ oblong-lanceolate, pinnate or deeply pinnatifid.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Fronds pinnate, one to three feet long, oblong-lanceolate, somewhat narrowed at the base.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Fronds thick and leathery, oblong-lanceolate from an auricled, heart-shaped base, ten to twenty inches long and one to two inches wide.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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