Lanceolate vs Lanceolar - What's the difference?
lanceolate | lanceolar |
(botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.
(technical) Of a class of knapped stone points, made without a stem, shoulders, notches, or other features that aid in attachment to a shaft.
* 2011 , (Chris Stringer), The Origin of Our Species , Penguin 2012, p. 127:
As adjectives the difference between lanceolate and lanceolar
is that lanceolate is (botany|mycology) having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex while lanceolar is (botany) lanceolate.lanceolate
English
Alternative forms
* lanceolatedAdjective
(en adjective)- The stone tools in these levels include Still Bay points, beautifully shaped thin lanceolate spear points, flaked on both sides.