ensiform

[Lat. ens is=a sword, and form a form, shape.] 1. Bot .: Sword-shaped, lorate, quite straight, with the point acute, as the leaf of an iris. 2. Anat ., Zool., .: E entially the same meaning as 1. (2). (1) Ensiform cartilage : The same as (2) Ensiform proce of the sternum: Anat .: The meta sternum (q. v.). See also (1) and ens is ternal.