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Lanceolate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAN'CEOLATE,
LAN'CEOLATED, a. Shaped like a lance; oblong and gradually tapering toward each extremity; spear-shaped; as a lanceolate leaf.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex [syn: lanceolate, lancelike]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin lanceolatus, from Latin lanceola, diminutive of lancea Date: circa 1760 shaped like a lance head; specifically tapering to a point at the apex and sometimes at the base <lanceolate leaves> <lanceolate prisms> — see leaf illustration

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. shaped like a lance-head, tapering to each end. Etymology: LL lanceolatus f. lanceola dimin. of lancea lance

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lanceolate Lan"ce*o*late, Lanceolated Lan"ce*o*la`teda. [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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also lanceolated) Lance-shaped, lanciform.