lanceolate

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Definitions

noun

Any such artefact

adjective

Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.
Of a class of knapped stone points, made without a stem, shoulders, notches, or other features that aid in attachment to a shaft.

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Synonyms

pointed lancelike simple unsubdivided ovate acuminate valves lanceolated lanceolar sublanceolate lyrate leptophyllous leptocaulous allantoid attenuated leaf-shaped

Associated

scarious glume tomentose palea apexes cauline cuneate tomentum coriaceous undulate

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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