Lanceolate

Definition: Lanceolate

Lanceolate

Adjective

1. Of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex.

Date "lanceolate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Lanceolate

Domain	Definitions
Biology & Biotechnology	Flax is a slender, straight-stemmed plant with narrow, medium-green -- leaves. . . . --. Slightly broad or tapering at base and tapering to point; lance-shaped. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Lanceolate

Synonym: lancelike (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Lanceolate

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Sharpness	Acinaciform; apiculate, apiculated; aristate, awned, awny, bearded, calamiform, cone-shaped, coniform, crestate, echinate, gladiate; lanceolate, lanciform; awl, awl-shaped, lance-shaped, awl-shaped, scimitar-shaped, sword-shaped; setarious, spinuliferous, subulate, tetrahedral, xiphoid.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Lanceolate

English words defined with "lanceolate": Arum maculatum, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Asplenium scolopendrium ♦ Campanula aparinoides, Camphor tree, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, Chelone glabra, Cirsium helenioides, Cirsium heterophylum, common spotted orchid, Convallaria majalis, cuckoopint ♦ Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii, Dracocephalum parviflorum, dragonhead, dragon's head ♦ Elliptic-lanceolate ♦ fragrant woodsia ♦ hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, horsemint, hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata ♦ jack-in-the-pulpit ♦ Lady's thumb, Lanceolar, lanceolate leaf, lanceolate spleenwort, Lanceolated, lilies of the valley, lily of the valley, lords-and-ladies ♦ marsh bellflower, May lily, melancholy thistle, Monarda punctata, Monardella lanceolata, mule's ears, mustang mint ♦ Nageia nagi, nagi ♦ oblong woodsia, Olfersia cervina, Ovate-lanceolate ♦ Persian lilac, Phyllitis scolopendrium, Podocarpus amara, Polybotria cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Prumnopitys amara ♦ Quercus phellos ♦ rusty woodsia ♦ Salix lucida, shellflower, shining willow, snakehead, Sundacarpus amara, Syringa persica ♦ tulip, turtlehead ♦ walking fern, walking leaf, willow oak, Woodsia ilvensis, Wormseed mustard, Wyethia amplexicaulis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "lanceolate": Opisthorchidae. (references)

Etymologies containing "lanceolate": Oblanceolate. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Lanceolate

"Lanceolate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Lanceolate" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	77.78%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	11.11%	1	339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Lanceolate

Expressions using "lanceolate": lanceolate leaf ♦ lanceolate spleenwort. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "lanceolate": Elliptic-lanceolate, Ovate-lanceolate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lanceolate

Language		Translations for "lanceolate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		heshtak (hastate). (various references)

Bulgarian		копиевиден (hastate). (various references)

French		lancéolé (lancelike, lance-shaped). (various references)

Greek		λογχοειδήσ. (various references)

Hebrew		אזמלי. (various references)

Italian		lanceolato. (various references)

Manx		sleeanagh (spear like). (various references)

Pig Latin		anceolatelay.(various references)

Portuguese		arvorado. (various references)

Russian		копьевидный (hastate, spearlike, speary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kopljast (hastate). (various references)

Swedish		spjutformig. (various references)

Thai		ที่มีลักษ�"ะเรียวแหลมคล้ายหลาว. (various references)

Turkish		mızrak şeklinde. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Lanceolate

Derivations
	Words ending with "lanceolate": oblanceolate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lanceolate"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "lanceolate" (pronounced la"nsēulā't)
4	-u l ā' t	accumulate, adulate, annihilate, articulate, assimilate, calculate, circulate, coagulate, congratulate, copulate, correlate, depopulate, distillate, emulate, encapsulate, escalate, extrapolate, flagellate, formulate, gastrulate, inoculate, insulate, interpolate, isolate, manipulate, miscalculate, mutilate, oscillate, overregulate, percolate, populate, postulate, recalculate, recapitulate, reformulate, regulate, reregulate, simulate, speculate, stimulate, stipulate, strangulate, tabulate, titillate, undulate, vacillate, ventilate.
3	-l ā' t	angulate, boilerplate, breastplate, capitulate, contemplate, ejaculate, electroplate, legislate, nameplate.
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Anagrams: Lanceolate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-l-l-n-o-t"
	-2 letters: allocate, lancelet, ocellate.
	-3 letters: acetone, callant, canella, catenae, collate, colleen, lacteal, lactean, lactone, nacelle.
	-4 letters: acetal, anlace, atonal, callan, callet, canola, cantle, catalo, catena, cellae, cenote, cental, cetane, clonal, coatee, collet, enlace, etalon, lanate, lancet, lateen, locale, locate, octane, oleate, tenace, tolane.
	-5 letters: aceta, alane, alant, alate, allee, allot, alone, anele, anole, antae, atoll, atone, calla, canal, canoe, canto, cella, cello, cento, clean, cleat, clone, coala, conte, cotan, eaten, eclat, elate, elect, enact, enate, lance, laten, leant, lento, leone, llano, local, natal, notal, oaten, ocean, octal, octan, talon, telae, tolan, tonal.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-l-l-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: collectanea.
	+2 letters: oblanceolate.
	+5 letters: electroanalyses, electroanalysis, geomagnetically, precancellation.
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