Meaning of HASTATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'hasteyt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] of a leaf shape; like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base |
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| | Synonyms: | | pointed, simple, spearhead-shaped, unsubdivided |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Has"tate\, Hastated \Has"ta*ted\, a. [L. hastatus, fr.
hasta spear. Cf. {Gad}, n.]
Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal
angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
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- Spear-shaped; of a leaf blade, narrow and pointed but with two basal lobes spreading approximately at right angles.
- A type of leaf shape; generally like an arrowhead but with triangular lobes branching out from the base of the leaf.
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