'Lanceolate' definitions:

Definition of 'lanceolate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex [syn: lanceolate, lancelike]

Definition of 'Lanceolate'

From: GCIDE
  • Lanceolate \Lan"ce*o*late\, Lanceolated \Lan"ce*o*la`ted\a. [L. lanceolatus: cf. F. lanc['e]ol['e]. See Lanceolar.] (Bot. & Zool.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf. [1913 Webster]