Crossword clues for lanceolate
lanceolate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lanceolate \Lan"ce*o*late\, Lanceolated \Lan"ce*o*la`ted\a. [L. lanceolatus: cf. F. lanc['e]ol['e]. See Lanceolar.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context botany mycology English) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex. 2 (context technical English) Of a class of knapped stone points, made without a stem, shoulders, notches, or other features that aid in attachment to a shaft.
WordNet
adj. of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex [syn: lancelike]
Usage examples of "lanceolate".
The leaves are inversely ovate, lanceolate, villose, and slightly toothed.
Her low-cut green gown set off the red of her hair and brought out the greenness of her narrowly lanceolate eyes.
More skim-milk coloured, but known by lanceolate leaves - cuckoo bushes.
There were arching giant ferns and columnar trees which grew above them, and the extraordinary lanceolate underbrush of the jungle.
An earnest discussion as to whether a certain leaf was ovate or lanceolate, whether a certain plant belonged to the species scandens or canadensis, was, in their eyes, convincing proof that the young brains were touched, and therefore NOT the young hearts.
Her uncovered face shone like alabaster, her lanceolate eyes had a life of their own under the enormous chandeliers of the central nave, and as she walked she was so erect, so haughty, so self-possessed, that she seemed no older than her son.
Beyond the lanceolate windows a flowered sunset flaunted poppy and marigold hues.
He had the pallor, high cheekbones, and almost lanceolate ears of one of high-elven blood, and the noble bearing of a born leader as well.
Fly on wings of metal and lanceolate feathers, feathers gilded by the sun.
Parsley are glossy beneath, with lanceolate lobes, whereas the leaflets of other parsleys are woolly below.
For a second or so I should not have been surprised if she had brought out one of those lanceolate daggers the islanders used and plunged it through my heart.
Viewed flat, it was a subtle lanceolate, improving upon one of the most satisfying designs of nature.
Sugar maples, a variety that will never produce any sugar but has pretty, lanceolated leaves.
An earnest discussion as to whether a certain leaf was ovate or lanceolate, whether a certain plant belonged to the species scandens or canadensis, was, in their eyes, convincing proof that the young brains were touched, and therefore NOT the young hearts.
The lanceolate windows, the time-eaten arch-stones and chamfers, the orientation of the axis, the misty chestnut work of the rafters, referred to no exploded fortifying art or worn-out religious creed.