"shaped like a lance-head," 1751, from Late Latin lanceolatus "armed with a little lance," from Latin lanceola, diminutive of lancea (see lance (n.)).

A lance-shaped leaf.

a leaf blade longer than it is wide

Shaped like a lance-head. Larva

Longer than wide, with the widest region toward the base; lance-shaped. Botanical Latin: lanceolatus, -a, -um.

gradually tapering towards the tip; lance-shaped. Latifoliate

lance-shaped; 3-6 times as long as broad and broadest below the middle and tapering to the apex. Fig. 5 I.

lance-shaped; about 4 times as long as wide and widest below the middle.

[Leaf blade shape] -- Lance-shaped; 3 ? 6 times as long as broad and broadest below middle. See oblanceolate, ovate.

Lance-shaped, tapering to a spear-point. Often used to describe the shape of some plant leaves.

Tapering to a point, like a spear. Sometimes called leaf-shaped.

botanical term for leaves that are more oval at the base tapering to a point at the top Macrophyte

A lanceolate projectile point is long and lance-like. It is a term applied to many of the long, thin spear points from the early period in Alberta.

(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. (technical) Of a class of knapped stone points, made wi [..]