lanceoloid

English

Adjective

lanceoloid (comparative more lanceoloid, superlative most lanceoloid)

  1. (botany) Three-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.
    • 1987 December 1, “Carex socialis (Cyperaceae): A New Record for the Atlantic Coastal Plain”, in Castanea‎, volume 52, number 4, page 311:
      Carex rosea generally has ovoid-lanceoloid perigynia with a length-width ratio of 2.0-2.5:1, and is non-rhizomatous as well.
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