lanceolateadj.
/ˈlɑːnsɪəleɪt/, /ˈlɑːnsɪələt/, /ˈlansɪəleɪt/, /ˈlansɪələt/, U.S. /ˈlænsiələt/, /ˈlænsiəˌleɪt/ Chiefly in scientific use.
a. Resembling a spear-head in shape; narrow and tapering to each end.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated
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
the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and
spear-like1567
styliform1578
styliformed1578
lance-like1579
arrowy1637
needle-like1672
needly1694
spiculated1745
lanceolated1752
subulated1752
subulate1757
lanceolate1760
toothpick1761
spear-shaped1763
lance-shaped1776
hastate1777
needle-formed1784
needled1786
needle-shaped1786
subuliform1804
aciform?a1808
needle-form1807
spicular1813
hastiformc1820
speary1821
splintery1836
aiguillesque1856
fleam-shaped1856
toothpick-shaped1905
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 173 Lanceolate, Spear-shaped; when the Figure is oblong, narrowing gradually at each End towards the Extremity.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxii. 318 Toadflax has linear leaves inclining to lanceolate.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) iv. 26 Wood Anemone... Leaflets lanceolate, lobed, and cut.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 69 L[oligo] vulgaris... Pen, lanceolate, with the shaft produced in front.
1869 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds ii. 46 The broad, flat, and lanceolate form of head is exemplified in certain Tree Snakes.
b. Used for ‘lancet-shaped’.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [adjective] > other types of window
three-light1618
casemented1759
mullioned1763
quarried1805
lanceolated1821
supermullioned1838
north-facing1846
lanceted1855
lanciform1855
leaded1855
unmullioned1857
quarrelled1868
through-archa1878
shaftless1881
lanceolate1883
vitrailed1884
double-glazed1910
wind-up1951
screenless1976
thermal pane1978
1883 Cent. Mag. Apr. 821/1 The long, shapeless splits in the walls became the delicate lanceolate windows.
Compounds
Combinations signifying ‘lanceolate and…’, ‘between lanceolate and…’, as lanceolate-acute, lanceolate-linear, lanceolate-subulate adjs.; also in quasi-Latin form lanceolato-, as lanceolato-hastate, lanceolato-subulate adjs.
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1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 184 L[eaves] lanceolato-hastate.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 897 Sphagnum cuspidatum..Leaves lanceolato-subulate lax.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) vi. 82 Leaves green, smooth, lanceolate-linear.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 73 Sep[als] lanceolate-acute.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 240 Sepals slender lanceolate-subulate.
Derivatives
ˈlanceolately adv. in a lanceolate shape.
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1872 H. C. Wood Contrib. Hist. Freshwater Algæ 109 [Closterium] Narrowly lanceolately-fusiform.
lanceoˈlation n. the property of being lanceolate. (In recent dictionaries.)
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