sagittateadj.
/ˈsadʒɪteɪt/ Botany and Zoology.
Shaped like an arrow-head.
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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
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 174 Sagittate, Arrow-shaped; when they [sc. leaves] are triangular, hollowed at the Base, and are furnished with Angles at the lower Part.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxiii. 328 [Woad has] the stem-leaves sagittate or shaped like the head of an arrow.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 262 Sagittate... Arrow-shaped. Triangular, hollowed out at the base with posterior angles.
1840 W. Swainson Treat. Malacol. 390 Shell very much compressed,..sagittate.
1864 Gray in Reader 30 Apr. 559/2 The linear or elongated and sagittate anthers, and petals with long canaliculate claws.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 195 With sagittate dusky marks on the sides.
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