lanceolate

2 definitions found

lanceolate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lanceolate \Lan"ce*o*late\, Lanceolated \Lan"ce*o*la`ted\a. [L.
     lanceolatus: cf. F. lanc['e]ol['e]. See Lanceolar.] (Bot. &
     Zool.)
     Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes
     at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
     [1913 Webster]

lanceolate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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