lanceolate

English

Alternative forms

• lanceolated

Etymology

From Latin lanceolatus.

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. (archaeology) 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, published 2012, page 127:

     The stone tools in these levels include Still Bay points, beautifully shaped thin lanceolate spear points, flaked on both sides.

Derived terms

• lanceolately
• oblanceolate
• semilanceolate
• sublanceolate

Translations

botany, mycology: longer than wide, pointed apex

Bulgarian: копиевиден (kopieviden) Czech: kopinatý (cs) Dutch: lancetvormig (nl) Finnish: suikea French: lancéolé (fr) German: lanzettförmig (de), lanzettlich (de) Greek: λογχοειδής (el) (lonchoeidís) Italian: lanceolato (it) Macedonian: копје́виден (kopjéviden), ко́пјест (kópjest) Polish: lancetowaty (pl) Portuguese: lanceolado (pt) Slovak: lancetový Spanish: lanceolado (es) Swedish: lansettformig (sv) Welsh: gwaywffurf

Noun

lanceolate (plural lanceolates)

1. Any such artefact.

Italian

Adjective

lanceolate

1. feminine plural of lanceolato

Latin

Adjective

lanceolāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lanceolātus