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Lanceolate

LAN'CEOLATE

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Definition 2024


lanceolate

lanceolate

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

lanceolate (comparative more lanceolate, superlative most lanceolate)

  1. (botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.
  2. (technical) Of a class of knapped stone points, made without a stem, shoulders, notches, or other features that aid in attachment to a shaft.
    • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin 2012, p. 127:
      The stone tools in these levels include Still Bay points, beautifully shaped thin lanceolate spear points, flaked on both sides.

Related terms


Italian

Adjective

lanceolate

  1. feminine plural of lanceolato

Latin

Adjective

lanceolāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lanceolātus