Definition of Oblong leaf

1. Noun. A simple leaf that is rounded at each end with parallel sides.

Generic synonyms: Simple Leaf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblong Leaf

obliviate
obliviated
obliviates
obliviating
oblivion
oblivions
oblivious
oblivious(p)
oblivious transfer
obliviously
obliviousness
obliviousnesses
obliviscence
oblong
oblong fovea of arytenoid cartilage
oblong leaf (current term)
oblong number
oblong pit of arytenoid cartilage
oblong woodsia
oblongata
oblongatal
oblongatas
oblongish
oblongly
oblongness
oblongs
oblongum
obloquial
obloquies
obloquious

Literary usage of Oblong leaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"A third type form is the oblong leaf. This is about twice as long as broad, with the sides nearly parallel from top to bottom. Typical oblong leaves are ..."

2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"Middle Indian Fig, with an oblong Leaf, commonly call'd, The Cochineal Fig-Tree. j. ... oblong Leaf ..."

3. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1890)
"pedicel longer than the petiole of the linear- oblong leaf, petals ovate-lanceolate acute 3-5-nerved about a third shorter than the ..."

4. First Lessons with Plants: Being an Abridgement of "Lessons with Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"A third type form is the oblong leaf. This is about twice as long as broad, with the sides nearly parallel from top to bottom. Typical oblong leaves are ..."

5. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Lanceolate (lanceolatum), an oblong leaf •which grows gradually narrower from the base to the point. 35. Capillary (capillare), when a leaf has scarcely any ..."

6. Leaves and Flowers, Or, Object Lessons in Botany: With a Flora : Prepared by Alphonso Wood (1891)
"oblong leaf of a Willow.. We next have four varieties of forms which are broader towards the apex than base. ... Describe an oblong leaf, and give examples. ..."

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