LANCELET

n. Laans'leat. 1. See LANCET. 2. See AMPHIoxus lanceolatus. LANCEOLAR, LANCEOLATE, LANCEOLATED, adj's. Laans-e'oal-aar, -at, -at-ead. Lat., lanceolar is, luiimildtim (from lance a, a lance). Fr., lanceolnire, lanceole, lanceifnrme. Ger., lanzettlich, lanzettformig. Shaped like a lance or spear-head. [B, 19, 123 (a, 35).] Lanceolate-hastate. Hastate, with the prominent lobe lanceolate. [B, 19 (a, 35).] Lanceolate-linear. FT., lance-lineaire. Linear, but tapering like a lance toward the end; for example, the hemp leaflet (see illustration under CANNABIS sativa) or the leaf of the common flax, [a, 35.] Lanceolateoblontr. Broadly lanceolate, having a form between lanceolate and oblong (e. g., the leaf of jiSgle marmelos. [a, 35.] Lanceolate-sagittate. Sagittate, with the principal part lanceolate. |B, 19 (a, 25).] [s. 576]