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hastate

Adjective

has=tate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hastate(s = adj.all) spearhead-shaped - (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base; Array

hastate, 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. [1913 Webster]

hastate, adj. Bot. triangular like the head of a spear.

Etymology

L hastatus f. hasta spear

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