English > unsubdivided: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
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| Synonym | simple |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
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| Narrower | acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped | Narrow and long and pointed |
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| acuminate | (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point |
| apiculate | (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip |
| caudate | (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip |
| cordate, heart-shaped, cordiform | (of a leaf) shaped like a heart |
| cuneate, wedge-shaped | (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base |
| deltoid | Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex |
| dolabriform, dolabrate | Having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver |
| elliptic | (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse |
| ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike | shaped like a sword blade |
| five-needled | (of conifers) having five needles |
| four-needled | (of conifers) having four needles |
| hastate, spearhead-shaped | (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base |
| lanceolate, lancelike | (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head |
| linear, elongate | (of a leaf shape) long and narrow |
| lyrate | (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre |
| needled | Of trees whose leaves are acerate |
| oblanceolate | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base |
| oblong | (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides |
| obovate | (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base |
| obtuse | (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex |
| orbiculate, orbicular | Circular or nearly circular |
| ovate | Of a leaf shape |
| pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped | (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center |
| peltate, shield-shaped | (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example) |
| perfoliate | (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem |
| reniform, kidney-shaped | (of a leaf or bean / bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney |
| sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped | (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes |
| spatulate, spatula-shaped | (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base |
| three-needled | (of conifers) having three needles |
| two-needled | (of conifers) having two needles |
| unlobed | Without lobes |
| See also | rough | Of the margin of a leaf shape |
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| simple | Having few parts |
| smooth | Of the margin of a leaf shape |
| Opposite | compound | Composed of more than one part |
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| Spanish | simple |
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