Lanceolate - much longer than wide and tapering towards the apex from a broader base.
Oblanceolate - much longer than wide, tapering towards the base instead of the apex (the opposite of lanceolate).
Lanceolate
To be shaped like a lance, usually referring to a long leaf that's broad at the middle.
Lanuginous ...
Lanceolate Shaped like a lance-head.
Larva Immature insects such as caterpillars.
Lateral Said of buds which appear along the sides of the twig; at or along the side.
oblanceolate search for term- a. (L. ob, reversely; lancea, spear) shaped like a lance point reversed, that is, having the tapering point next to the leafstalk.oblique search for term- a. (L. obliquus, slanting) slanting; unequal-sided.
oblanceolate Widest near apex, tapering to base, longer than wide. oblong Much longer than wide, with sides roughly parallel for most of their length. orbicular Flat with the outline circular or nearly circular; disc shaped.
The plant: Introduced in 1986 by renowned hosta hybridizer Paul Aden, this unusual hosta has long, pointed leaves (more lanceolate than rounded) and rippling green margins with yellow to cream centers.
Its leaves are oblong and lanceolate, up to 13 cm long and light green, bronze coloured when young. It has large bright red bottlebrush flowers, which are most prolific if the plant is in full sun.
Salvia daghistanica--Small-growing herbaceous perennial with rough-textured silver lanceolate leaves and sturdy 8 to 10 inch spikes of large clear blue flowers.
Leaves are large (2 to 5 inches long), lanceolate, deeply dissected, and compoundly pinnate. There are 13-27 leaflets with serrated margins.
It was suitably tropical looking, with large, glossy green, basally produced (i.e. from the plant base), lanceolate (meaning "lance-shaped") leaves-about 16 inches long by roughly 5 wide.
Ming aralia's compound leaves are dark green, about four inches long, and highly variable. Ovate or lanceolate in form, the leaves are attached to zigzagging stems that give Ming aralia a complicated, ornamental appearance, ...
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