Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lanceolate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lanceolate \Lan"ce*o*late\, Lanceolated \Lan"ce*o*la`ted\a. [L.
lanceolatus: cf. F. lanc['e]ol?. See {Lanceolar}.] (Bot. &
Zo["o]l.)
Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes
at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lanceolate
adj : of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and
tapering to a pointed apex [syn: {lancelike}]
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