Associations to the word «Lanceolate»
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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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.