spear-shapedadj.
Resembling a spear in shape; pointed like a spear.
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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
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. 282 The lobes are small, spear-shaped, and hoary on their under side.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 203 Petals..spear-shaped, rather flat, but a little bent inwards.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 625 Thorns simple and compound: leaves spear-shaped.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert xii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 291 The tent..was raised upon tall spear-shaped poles.
1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 260 Appendages..varying much in form in different species, as awl-shaped, spear-shaped, half-arrow-shaped.
1908 H. H. Johnston G. Grenfell & Congo II. xxvii. 788 The paddles along the main course of the Congo are generally spear-shaped.
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