SAGITTATE

sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped

(adjective) (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sagittate (not comparable)

Shaped like an arrowhead, with one point at one end, and two points at the other.

(botany, of leaves) Shaped like an arrowhead, with two pointed lobes extending downward from the base.

Anagrams

• agitatest

Source: Wiktionary


Sag"it*tate, a. Etym: [NL. sagittatus, fr. L. sagitta an arrow.]

Definition: Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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