Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lance-shaped, with the thin end at the base.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, shaped like a lance-point reversed — that is, having the tapering point next the leafstalk: said of certain leaves. See
lanceolate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, of leaves Of a reversed
lanceolate shape: attached to thestem by thepointed end, with the otherend rounded.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
Etymologies
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ob- + lanceolate
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Examples
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The _third glume_ is broadly elliptic or ovate, concave, awned, 3-nerved, with margins densely bearded above the middle and sparsely bearded dorsally on both the sides of the mid-nerve; the _palea_ is oblanceolate, as long as the glume, folded inside along the margins and outside along the middle, enclosing three _stamens_ and _ovary_.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _second glume_ is lanceolate, membranous, hairy at the top, 3-nerved with margins infolded; _palea_ is oblanceolate, thinly membranous, nerveless and ciliated at the top; there are three _stamens_ and two
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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