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/ˈɫænsiəˌɫeɪt/
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ADJECTIVE
- (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
How To Use lanceolate In A Sentence
- They bear bipinnate leaves with small, oval to lanceolate leaflets.
- On the stiff soil the trees were ironbark, box, apple, gum, and some large acacias, with long lanceolate phyllodia, and large spikes of golden coloured flowers. Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York
- Pinnæ lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid, the lower most often turned inward. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
- Pinnæ lanceolate, pinnatifid, the lowest pairs gradually shorter and deflexed. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
- The leaf laminae of Q. serrata were lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5-15 cm long and 1-3 cm wide.
- The other species which yield buchu are _B. serratifolia_, having linear-lanceolate sharply serrulate leaves, and _B. betulina_, the leaves of which are cuneate-obovate, with denticulate margins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
- Imagine a wide lanceolated blade of a vinous purple, some twenty inches in length, which is twisted at the base into an ovoid purse about the size of a hen's egg. Social Life in the Insect World
- Pinnæ lanceolate, pinnatifid, the lowest pairs gradually shorter and deflexed. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
- 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
- A person hunting with spears would likely carry a couple of lighter ones with an atl-atl, and a heavy, lanceolate one like a boar spear for the finish or in case of a charge. Man Spears Bear, Pays $1,000 In Fines