ensateadj.
/ˈɛnseɪt/ Botany.
Sword-shaped.
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ensiform?1541
acuminate1634
aculeated1657
lanceolated1752
sagittated1752
subacute1752
subulated1752
linear1753
subulate1757
spinous1758
lanceolate1760
sagittate1760
sublinear1761
obverse1776
lanced1787
long-acuminate1804
subuliform1804
lanceolar1810
acuminous1813
virgate1821
spiny1828
apiculate1830
ensate1830
aciculate1831
spiniform1833
fibriform1846
obcuneate1870
fusiform1887
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 277 The ensate or grassy ones [leaves] of Asphodeleæ.
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adj.1830