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Meanings of lanceolate in English
(Of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex.
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Examples for "lancelike"
Examples for "lancelike"
1
She was standing very lancelike and straight by the slender bole of a silver birch.
2
The broad shoulders and the lancelike carriage proclaimed Von Ritz even before the downcast face was raised.
3
Taller than the span of a bowstring, he was lancelike in posture and his limbs were solidly corded.
4
He had been incredibly lucky, because the lancelike tip had grazed his carotid artery but not severed it.
5
Across the table came a strange primeval insect, with a thin, lancelike, excessively long proboscis and feelers on both sides.
Usage of lanceolate in English
1
The pools and lagoons contain Unios, Paludinas, and the lanceolate and oval Limnaeas.
2
A small-growing, branching shrub, with obovate-lanceolate leaves, and compound umbels of yellowish flowers.
3
This is a small-growing shrub, with lanceolate and pointed leaves, that are remotely dentated.
4
The leaves are oval, lanceolate, glaucous on their inferior part, and curled at the edges.
5
The root leaves are mostly ovate, lanceolate, and entire.
6
The trees had extremely long, lanceolate leaves, roughly the shape of grass-blades stretched out even longer.
7
This is a very distinct species, with lanceolate serrated leaves, and pinkish or nearly white flowers.
8
Grevillea, Cerotaphylla, and Mimosoides, a Melaleuca with broad lanceolate leaves, Spathodea and a Balfouria, R. Br.
9
The bush varies from one to three feet high, and is clothed with linear-lanceolate, sharply serrated leaves.
10
They are lanceolate, and clasp the stem.
11
The leaves are narrow and lanceolate, silvery on both sides, and dotted over with rusty-brown scales beneath.
12
This is a neat little shrub, usually about 4 feet high, with oblong-lanceolate leaves, and inconspicuous catkins.
13
A tall, climbing shrub, with small, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and clusters of curious purplish-brown, green-tipped flowers produced in summer.
14
Cells erect, open in front, perforated on the sides and bottom; a lanceolate appendage articulated to each upper angle.
15
A small shrubby Stenochilus with very green linear lanceolate leaves and red tubulous flowers, is frequent amongst the Bricklow.
16
A small-growing and slender species, with oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 inches long, and producing small yellow flowers in terminal heads.
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