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Plantago lanceolata ( Japan) The plant is a rosette -forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky, hairy flower stems (10–40 cm or 3.9–15.7 in). The basal leaves are lanceolate spreading or erect, scarcely toothed with 3-5 strong parallel veins narrowed to a short petiole. The flower stalk is deeply furrowed, ending in an ovoid ...
Lanceolate definition: Narrow and tapering like the head of a lance, as certain leaves.
Triangular, wedge-shaped, stem attaches to point. cuneiform. whole leaf. Narrowly triangular, widest on the opposite end from the stem, with the corners at that end rounded. cuspidate. cuspidatus. leaf tip. With a sharp, elongated, rigid tip; tipped with a cusp. deltoid, deltate.
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. 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.
Examples of how to use “lanceolate” in a sentence from Cambridge Dictionary.
Lanceolate leaves are lance-shaped and somewhat intermediate between ovate and linear. Figure \(\PageIndex{17}\): Six main leaf shapes. Ovate leaves are egg-shaped, but the base is the widest portion. Obovate are egg-shaped, but the base is the narrowest portion. Elliptic leaves have a wide center and taper at the base and tip.
Examples of how to use “lanceolate” in a sentence from the Cambridge Dictionary Labs
