bladedadj.
/ˈbleɪdɪd/ 1. Formed as a blade, lanceolate.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > having particular shape
creviced1558
bladed1578
curled1578
purled1578
rank-toothed1578
fingered1597
cultellated1657
pounced1681
reduced1682
cuspidate1693
frontated1719
cuspidated1731–7
subrotund1753
acerose1760
hastate1760
involute1760
oblique1760
acerousc1789
strap-spear-shaped1796
immarginate1800
submarginate1807
replicate1812
toothleted1812
angustate1826
palaceous1832
bicrenate1835
basisolute1847
replicative1852
frontate1855
hastile1857
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxxvii. 195 The stinking flagge or Gladyn hath long narrow bladed leaves.
2.
a. Having, producing, or abounding in blades.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular shape or size > blade-like
bladed1600
blady1622
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 211 Decking, with liquid pearle, the bladed grasse. View more context for this quotation
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 13 Nor bladed grass, nor bearded corn succeeds.
1727 J. Thomson Summer 12 From the bladed Field, th' unhunted Hare Limps aukward.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 37 The soft and bladed grass Springing afresh. View more context for this quotation
b. Heraldry. Having blades distinctly tinctured.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > having parts of specific tincture
barbed1610
bladed1610
seeded1610
trunked1678
wisalled1688
banded1787
nerved?1828
stalked1864
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. ix. 111 He beareth..three Wheate stalkes, Bladed and Eared.
3. ? Enclosed in the blade, not yet in full ear. (Cf. ‘in the blade’; and see discussion in Furness.)
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [adjective] > having particular parts
bladeda1616
culmiferous1704
knee-bent1776
knee-bowed1888
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 71 Though bladed Corne be lodg'd, & Trees blown downe. View more context for this quotation
4. Stripped of the blades.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripped of leaves
unleafed1579
unleaved1605
bladed1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Porreau sectil, the cut Leeke..bladed Leeke.
1887 N.E.D. at Bladed Mod. Sc. A bladed cabbage.
5. Having a blade, as an oar, a sword, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [adjective] > having broad flat part
bladed1837
1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 477 The broad bladed spear.
1859 Mercantile Marine Mag. (1860) 7 17 The Prince was supplied with a three-bladed fan.
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6. Mineralogy. Having a structure characterized by long narrow plates.
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