Oblanceolate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Botany Lance-shaped but broadest above the middle and tapering toward the base: an oblanceolate leaf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a reversed lanceolate shape: attached to the stem by the pointed end, with the other end rounded.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In botany, shaped like a lance-point reversed — that is, having the tapering point next the leafstalk: said of certain leaves. See lanceolate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
  • Equivalent
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