lanceolate

• lanceolated

Latin lanceolatus.

lanceolate (comparative more lanceolate, superlative most lanceolate)

1. (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.
2. (archaeology) 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, published 2012, page 127:

     The stone tools in these levels include Still Bay points, beautifully shaped thin lanceolate spear points, flaked on both sides.

• oblanceolate

lanceolate (plural lanceolates)

1. Any such artefact

lanceolate

1. feminine plural of lanceolato

lanceolāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lanceolātus