lanceolate

English

Alternative forms

• lanceolated

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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. (technical) 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 2012, p. 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)
• Finnish: suikea
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• Portuguese: lanceolado (pt)

Noun

lanceolate (plural lanceolates)

1. Any such artefact

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Italian

Adjective

lanceolate

1. feminine plural of lanceolato

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) lanceolāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lanceolātus