ensate

English

Etymology

New Latin ensatus, from Latin ensis (“sword”).

Adjective

ensate (comparative more ensate, superlative most ensate)

1. (botany, zoology) Having sword-shaped leaves or appendages.

Synonyms

• ensiform

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ensate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Santee, Senate, atenes, enates, sateen, senate, tenase