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oblanceolate

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ob·lan·ce·o·late  (b-lns--lt)
adj. Botany
Lance-shaped but broadest above the middle and tapering toward the base: an oblanceolate leaf.
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oblanceolate
oblanceolate leaf
oblanceolate [ɒbˈlɑːnsɪəlɪt -ˌleɪt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany (esp of leaves) having a rounded apex and a tapering base
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Adj.1.oblanceolate - (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
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51 cm long; lamina 8-38 x 4-10 cm, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2-pinnate throughout or occasionally 3-pinnate at the base and in the base of the medial largest pinnae, gradually tapered to an apical, conform, simple pinna similar to the apical pinnules of the largest pinnae (Fig.
A new species of Adiantum from Cuba by Caluff, Manuel G. / American Fern Journal
ATHYRIUM Roth Lady fern Rhizomes short, creeping; fronds 25-130 cm long; rachis green or reddish; blades ovate or oblanceolate, 20-100 cm long, bipinnate or tripinnate; sori elongated, straight or curved, sub-marginal; indusia marginally ciliate.
Pteridophytes of southeast Alabama: Dichotomous keys, illustrations ... by Woods, Michael; Diamond, Alvin R., Jr / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
The plant is about 1 m high with oblanceolate green leaves, dentate at the top and marked with resinous points.
Chemical composition and anticancer activity of leaf essential oil of ... by Sylvestre, M.; Legault, J.; Dufour, D.; Pichette, A. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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