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Webster 1913 Edition

Lanceolated

{

Lan′ce-o-late

,

Lan′ce-o-laˊted

}

Adj.

[L.

lanceolatus

: cf. F.

lancéolé

. See

.]

(Bot. & Zool.)

Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also;

as, a

lanceolate

leaf

.