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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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