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Meaning of "lanceolate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LANCEOLATE

From Late Latin lanceolātus, from lanceola small lance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LANCEOLATE

lanceolate  [ˈlɑːnsɪəˌleɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LANCEOLATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lanceolate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LANCEOLATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lanceolate

Leaf shape

In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms (botanical Latin terms in brackets): ▪ Acicular (acicularis): Slender and pointed, needle-like ▪ Acuminate (acuminata): Tapering to a long point ▪ Acute: pointed, having a short sharp apex angled less than 90° ▪ Aristate (aristata): Ending in a stiff, bristle-like point ▪ Asymmetrical: With the blade shape different on each side of the midrib ▪ Basal: arising from the crown, bulb, rhizome or corm, etc. as opposed to cauline ▪ Bipinnate (bipinnata): Each leaflet also pinnate ▪ Caudate: tailed at the apex ▪ Cauline: borne on the stem as opposed to basal ▪ Compound: Not simple; the leaf is broken up into separate leaflets, and the leaf blade is not continuous ▪ Cordate (cordata): Heart-shaped, with the petiole or stem attached to the cleft ▪ Cuneate (cuneata): Triangular, stem attaches to point ▪ Deltoid (deltoidea) or deltate: Triangular...

Definition of lanceolate in the English dictionary

The definition of lanceolate in the dictionary is narrow and tapering to a point at each end.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LANCEOLATE


annihilate
əˈnaɪəˌleɪt
calceolate
ˈkælsɪəˌleɪt
capreolate
ˈkæprɪəˌleɪt
escalate
ˈɛskəˌleɪt
foliolate
ˈfəʊlɪəˌleɪt
foveolate
ˈfəʊvɪəˌleɪt
hariolate
ˈhærɪəˌleɪt
isolate
ˈaɪsəˌleɪt
lineolate
ˈlɪnɪəˌleɪt
multifoliolate
ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊlɪəˌleɪt
multinucleolate
ˌmʌltɪˈnjuːklɪəˌleɪt
ostiolate
ˈɒstɪəˌleɪt
petiolate
ˈpɛtɪəˌleɪt
reviolate
ˌriːˈvaɪəˌleɪt
strophiolate
ˈstrɒfɪəˌleɪt
sublanceolate
sʌbˈlɑːnsɪəˌleɪt
trifoliolate
traɪˈfəʊlɪəˌleɪt
unifoliolate
ˌjuːnɪˈfəʊlɪəˌleɪt
variolate
ˈvɛərɪəˌleɪt
violate
ˈvaɪəˌleɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LANCEOLATE

lance
lance corporal
lance rest
lance sergeant
lancegay
lancejack
lancelet
Lancelot
lanceolar
lanceolately
lancer
lancers
lancet
lancet arch
lancet fish
lancet window
lanceted
lancewood
Lanchow
lanciers

WORDS THAT END LIKE LANCEOLATE

apostolate
chocolate
cholate
cyclopentolate
dark chocolate
death by chocolate
desolate
dessert chocolate
extrapolate
folate
hot chocolate
immolate
interpolate
late
milk chocolate
percolate
phenolate
plain chocolate
prolate
solate
urceolate

Synonyms and antonyms of lanceolate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lanceolate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LANCEOLATE

Find out the translation of lanceolate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lanceolate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lanceolate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

披针形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lanceoladas
570 millions of speakers

English

lanceolate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चाकू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سناني الشكل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ланцетные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lanceoladas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভল্লাকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lancéolées
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbentuk pisau pembedah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lanzettlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

皮針形の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피침
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lanceolate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình ngọn giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஈட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भासणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mızrak şeklinde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lanceolate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lancetowate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ланцетні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lanceolate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λογχοειδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lansetvormig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lansettlika
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lansettformede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lanceolate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LANCEOLATE»

The term «lanceolate» is normally little used and occupies the 112.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LANCEOLATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lanceolate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lanceolate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lanceolate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANCEOLATE»

Discover the use of lanceolate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lanceolate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar
Upper calyx-lobes attenuate-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2- 4.5 times as long as wide, (2-)3-5 mm wide, usually ciliate, but glabrous or practically so on the surface. Standard usually bright yellow, rarely white; keel (9-) 10- 13(-14) mm long.
R.M. Polhill, 1982
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Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
86. El Inga Asymmetrical Lanceolate Projectile Point 78 87. El Inga Asymmetrical Lanceolate Projectile Point 78 88. El Inga Asymmetrical Lanceolate Projectile Point 79 89. El Inga Shouldered Lanceolate Projectile Point 80 90. El Inga ...
‎1966
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The Prehistory of Missouri
In those cases where chronological information exists but is ambiguously presented in the literature, we attempt to sort through the ambiguities and to pinpoint reasons for the discrepancies. CONTRACTING-STEM, LANCEOLATE POINTS ...
Michael John O'Brien, 1998
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Clovis Caches: Recent Discoveries and New Research
FORM W / (W + TH) TH / (W + TH) 135 Lanceolate 0.832 0.167 132 Lanceolate 0.829 0.170 130 Lanceolate 0.797 0.202 134 Lanceolate 0.830 0.169 126 Lanceolate 0.804 0.195 124 Lanceolate 0.808 0.191 125 Lanceolate 0.832 0.167 133 ...
Bruce B. Huckell, J. David Kilby, 2014
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The Tourist's Flora: A Descriptive Catalogue of the ...
Sepals lanceolate, prolonged, exceeding capsule. Stems smootb. L. linear, acuminate, without hairs. Margin rough. Stems branched, diffuse, w. 6, 7. Warm. m. and s. Eur. Not in Sic. 12. salsoloides. Sepals elliptic, prolonged, hardly exceeding ...
Joseph Woods, 1850
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An Encyclopaedia of Plants
Spur straight 789 Leaves mostly alternate lanceolate blunt, Stem much branched ditllise 8790 Leaves somewhat stem-clasping lanceolate scattered, Bractes longer than calyx, Stem { shrubby 8791 Leaves lanceolate hairy altemate, Flowers ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1829
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An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
Flowers racemose, Sepals glandular hairy lanceolate 8758 Leaves lanceolate : upper alternate, Flowers subsessile, Calyxes longer than corolla 8759 I eaves opposite cordate unequally crenate somewhat lobed hairy, Stems procumbent ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
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A History of Infusoria: Including the Desmidiaceae and ...
Very minute, smooth, lanceolate, with produced, obtuse apices. KB. p. 95, pi. 4. f. C. Germany. N. rostrata (E.). — Finely punctated, broadly lanceolate, almost rhomboid, rapidlv tapering into acute beaks ; central nodule large. EB. 1840, p.
Andrew Pritchard, William Archer, John Thomas Arlidge, 1861
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Flora Capensis: Being a Systematic Description of the Plants ...
leaves cordate-lanceolate, mucronate ; calyx appreesed-silky, heads ovate . . . ( 34) Thunbergiana. *** Petals roundish or cucullate, quite glabrous. leaves cordate, ovate, or oblong (35) callosa. leaves cordate, ovate, smooth above (1 line long) ...
William Henry Harvey, O. W. Sonder, 1860
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Familiar Lectures on Botany: Including Practical and ...
... upper ones ovate : egret crenate : stem glabrous. Damp. 5— 10 f. S. 6 — 3. rumex 12. 28. crLpus, (dock. O. Ju. %.) valves of the calyx ovate, entire, all bearing grain" like appendages on their backs : leaves lanceolate, undulate, acute ...
Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANCEOLATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lanceolate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Purple weed is a monster
... linear-lanceolate to ovate, toothed green leaves (to 3.5" long), and it is the purple-leaved cultivars that have become popular garden plants. «Bundaberg News Mail, Jun 15»
2
Touch sensors on wings let bats 'feel' airflow
That placement of these touch cells, both lanceolate endings and Merkel cells, allows a bat, while flying, to sense changes in airflow as air ... «Futurity: Research News, May 15»
3
A Bat's Secret to Flying Like a Boss? Tiny, Tiny Hairs
“In addition there were these other receptors called lanceolate endings, which are also associated with hairs,” says Moss. She thinks those ... «Wired, May 15»
4
“A drop of blood with legs”: How the bed bug infiltrated our …
At the tip of his abdomen is a hypodermic appendage called a lanceolate paramere, which is essentially the bed bug's penis. He swiftly stabs ... «Salon, Apr 15»
5
Nature's Notebook: Through the Eyes of a Citizen Scientist
... ovate to lanceolate (egg-shaped to lance-like), and serrate (saw-toothed along the margin). I sketch the triangular shape of lambsquarters, ... «Discover Magazine, Mar 15»
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Photos: The beauty of black orchids in Vietnam forests
... globular, flattened ventrally, rugose pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical and linear to lanceolate leaf that blooms in the late winter and early ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Jan 15»
7
Invasive pokeweed: Remove toxic plant carefully
... for Japanese knotweed, another invasive species in northwestern Oregon, due to its hollow red stems and large ovate to lanceolate leaves. «The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, Nov 14»
8
Easy to grow, turmeric offers healing properties
Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant with tender light green lanceolate leaves that arise from a pseudo stem near ground ... «West Hawaii Today, Nov 14»
9
Wheat celosia can make a great inside or outside plant
Leaves are lanceolate (lance-shaped) and bronzy-burgundy in color. The plant grows quickly into a 6-foot specimen, can serve as an informal ... «LA Daily News, Oct 14»
10
Identifying waterhemp correctly
The leaves of waterhemp are typically glossy and often more elongated, or lanceolate, compared to redroot or smooth pigweed. Waterhemp ... «agprofessional.com, Oct 14»

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