Associations to the word «Lanceolate»

Pictures for the word «Lanceolate»

Wiktionary

LANCEOLATE, adjective. (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.
LANCEOLATE, adjective. (technical) Of a class of knapped stone points, made without a stem, shoulders, notches, or other features that aid in attachment to a shaft.

Dictionary definition

LANCEOLATE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats