lanceolate

UK: /ˈlɑːnsɪəˌleɪt/ US: (lan′sē ə lāt′, -lit)

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lan•ce•o•late  (lan′sē ə lāt′, -lit), adj. 

1. Botany shaped like the head of a lance.
2. Botany narrow, and tapering toward the apex or sometimes at the base, as a leaf.

• Latin lanceolātus armed with a small lance, equivalent. to lanceol(a) small lance (lance(a) lance¹ + -ola -ole¹) + -ātus -ate¹
• 1750–60

lan′ce•o•late′ly, adv. 

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lanceolate / ˈlɑːnsɪəˌleɪt -lɪt/, lanceolated / ˈlɑːnsɪəˌleɪtɪd/, lanceolar / ˈlɑːnsɪələ/ adjective

1. narrow and tapering to a point at each end: lanceolate leaves

Etymology: 18th Century: from Late Latin lanceolātus, from lanceola small lance

ˈlanceoˌlately adverb