sag·it·tate (s j  -t t )adj. Biology Having the shape of an arrowhead: sagittate leaves; sagittate shells. [Latin sagitta, arrow + -ate.] |   sagittate leaf |
sagittate [ˈsædʒɪˌteɪt], sagittiform [səˈdʒɪtɪˌfɔːm ˈsædʒ-]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (esp of leaves) shaped like the head of an arrow
[from New Latin sagittātus, from Latin sagitta arrow]
sagittate
shaped like an arrowhead, especially plant leaves shaped like elongated triangles.
See also: Arrows
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| Adj. | 1. | sagittate - (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions |
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