Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ensiform"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ensiform \En"si*form\, a. [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F.
ensiforme.]
Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an
ensiform leaf.
{Ensiform cartilage}, & {Ensiform process}. (Anat.) See
{Xiphisternum}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ensiform
adj : shaped like a sword blade; "the iris has an ensiform leaf"
[syn: {sword-shaped}, {swordlike}, {bladelike}]
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