lanceoloid

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adjective

Three-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.

Scrabble 13

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adjectivelanceoloid (comparative more lanceoloid, superlative most lanceoloid)

comparative more lanceoloid · superlative most lanceoloid

  1. biologyThree-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.

    Carex rosea generally has ovoid-lanceoloid perigynia with a length-width ratio of 2.0-2.5:1, and is non-rhizomatous as well.

    1987 December 28, “Carex socialis (Cyperaceae): A New Record for the Atlantic Coastal Plain”, in Castanea, volume 52, number 4, page 311

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