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falcate

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fal·cate  (flkt) also fal·cat·ed (-ktd)
adj.
Curved and tapering to a point; sickle-shaped.
[Latin falctus, from falx, falc-, sickle.]
falcate [ˈfælkeɪt], falciform [ˈfælsɪˌfɔːm]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology shaped like a sickle
[from Latin falcātus, from falx sickle]
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Adj.1.falcate - curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"
falciform, sickle-shaped
curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
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17) entire, ovate-lanceolate, narrowing to a slender, channeled acumen, falcate, occasionally but not always secund, sometimes spreading in a form similar to Amblystegium riparium; costa pronounced, extending above midleaf; upper median cells of leaf (Fig.
An illustrated catalogue of macroscopic subfossils from ... by Swinehart, Anthony L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
It is the least divided species in coastal Brazil, with laminae to 2-pinnate at the base, and usually broadly adnate segments that are slightly falcate (Fig.
Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae) in Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay by Moran, Robbin C.; Prado, Jefferson; Labiak, Paulo H. / American Fern Journal
30 x 15 cm, deltate, 1-pinnate, distal two pinna pairs basally somewhat adnate; sterile pinnae 7-9 pairs, to 8 cm x 16 mm, the proximal pinnae the longest, lanceolate with elongate, falcate apices, margins finely serrate, very narrowly cartilaginous, not revolute; aerophores tuberculiform; rachises dark reddish brown, grooved adaxially, sparsely scaly, the scales fibrillose, 0.
Ten new species and two new combinations of Blechnum (Blechnaceae, ... by Kessler, Michael; Smith, Alan R.; Lehnert, Marcus / American Fern Journal
 
 
 
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