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Webster 1913 Edition

Sagittate

Sag′it-tate

,
Adj.
[NL.
sagittatus
, fr. L.
sagitta
an arrow.]
Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sagittate

SAG'ITTATE

,
Adj.
In botany, shaped like the head of an arrow; triangular, hollowed at the base, with angles at the hinder part; or with the hinder angles acute, divided by a sinus; applied to the leaf, stipula or anther.

Definition 2024

sagittate

sagittate

English

Adjective

sagittate ‎(not comparable)

  1. Shaped like an arrowhead, with one point a one end, and two points at the other.
  2. (botany, of leaves) Shaped like an arrowhead, with two pointed lobes extending downward from the base.

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Latin

Verb

sagittāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of sagittō

Etymology

From Latin sagitta ‎(“arrow”).

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