hastate

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hastate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hastate \Has"tate\ (h[a^]s"t[asl]t), Hastated \Has"ta*ted\
     (h[=a]s"t[asl]*t[e^]d), a. [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf.
     Gad, n.]
     Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal
     angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
     [1913 Webster]

hastate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hastate
      adj 1: (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring
             pointed lobes at the base [syn: hastate, spearhead-  shaped
             ]