hastate
AdjectiveSynonyms:
spearhead-shaped
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the baseSynonyms: spearhead-shaped
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Hastate \Has"tate\ (h[a^]s"t[asl]t), Hastated \Has"ta*ted\ (h[=a]s"t[asl]*t[e^]d), 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]