lanceolate

English

Alternative forms

• lanceolated

Etymology

Latin lanceolatus.

Lanceolate leaf form.

Adjective

lanceolate (comparative more lanceolate, superlative most lanceolate)

1. (botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.
2. (archaeology) Of a class of knapped stone points, made without a stem, shoulders, notches, or other features that aid in attachment to a shaft.
   • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 127:

     The stone tools in these levels include Still Bay points, beautifully shaped thin lanceolate spear points, flaked on both sides.

Related terms

• oblanceolate

Translations

botany, mycology: longer than wide, pointed apex

• Bulgarian: копиевиден (kopieviden)
• Czech: kopinatý (cs)
• Dutch: lancetvormig (nl)
• Finnish: suikea
• French: lancéolé (fr)
• German: lanzettförmig, lanzettlich (de)
• Greek: λογχοειδής (el) (lonchoeidís)
• Italian: lanceolato (it)
• Polish: lancetowaty (pl)
• Portuguese: lanceolado (pt)
• Slovak: lancetový
• Spanish: lanceolado (es)
• Welsh: gwaywffurf

Noun

lanceolate (plural lanceolates)

1. Any such artefact

Italian

Adjective

lanceolate

1. feminine plural of lanceolato

Latin

Adjective

lanceolāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lanceolātus