Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Shaped like a lance; lanceolate.

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  • adjective shaped like a lance

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Examples

  • Peppermint: Peppermint has greenish-purple lance-shaped leaves and has tastes of a cross between pepper and green chlorophyll.

    Mint V | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Ficus maclellandii, another favorite, "features a warm brown bark and semi-pendant lance-shaped leaves," she said.

    Enter Stage Left: The Giant Indoor Tree 2012

  • This is an annual plant with small (1/8″) flowers on spindly reddish stems and narrow lance-shaped green leaves with edges that curl under.

    Rich Wolf: Where Do All the Flowers Grow? Rich Wolf 2010

  • This is an annual plant with small (1/8″) flowers on spindly reddish stems and narrow lance-shaped green leaves with edges that curl under.

    Rich Wolf: Where Do All the Flowers Grow? Rich Wolf 2010

  • Alternate, lance-shaped, dark green leaves to 6″ long.

    Helen’s Flower « Fairegarden 2009

  • I had clambered down the trail into the soggy bottomland next to our creek, and saw a familiar sight – a clump of big, lance-shaped leaves standing proudly out among a bunch of blooming violets.

    Tigers & Strawberries » Appalachian Wild Leeks 2005

  • On Sunday, the first thing I did when I got out of the car was peer over the edge of the ravine in search of clumps of brilliant green lance-shaped leaves.

    Tigers & Strawberries » Green Gold 2005

  • The leaves, which are lance-shaped and brilliant emerald green, and the stalks, which swell underground into small bulb shapes without making true bulbs, are both edible, though the leaves are more strongly flavored than the stalks.

    Tigers & Strawberries » Appalachian Wild Leeks 2005

  • On the main viewer the lance-shaped Liburnian tumbled slowly, revealing blackened gouges in its hull.

    DEBTOR'S PLANET W.R. THOMPSON 2000

  • The alternate. ovate to lance-shaped leaves are 5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm wide. with finely saw-toothed margins.

    Chapter 32 1990

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