Definition of Sagittiform

1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes.

Exact synonyms: Arrow-shaped, Sagittate
Similar to: Simple, Unsubdivided

Definition of Sagittiform

1. Adjective. A botanical descriptor, applied to leaves and some animals, meaning "to have the form of an arrowhead, but lacking flaring lobes on the base". Sagittiform leaves lack divisions and subdivisions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sagittiform

sagittal line
sagittal plane
sagittal section
sagittal split mandibular osteotomy
sagittal sulcus
sagittal suture
sagittal synostosis
sagittalis
sagittally
sagittaries
sagittarius
sagittary
sagittas
sagittate
sagittate-leaf
sagittiform (current term)
sagittiform leaf
sagittocyst
sagittocysts
sago
sago fern
sago palm
sago palms
sago pudding
sago puddings
sago spleen
sagoin
sagoins
sagos
sagouin

Literary usage of Sagittiform

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

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"The tongue is sagittiform, 6^ twelfths long, with two conical papilla? at the base, soft, fleshy, flat above, horny beneath. Aperture of the glottis 4^ ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1841)
"Fore-neck and breast marked with sagittiform spots of blackish-brown; sides under the wings streaked with the same colour. Length 5| inches, extent of wings ..."

3. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"... small sagittiform pituitary space (" basi-cranial fontanelle," bcf), so as to be further forwards than the hind margin of the sub-ocular fenestra (sof). ..."

4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1879)
"Below, a (discal) row of large fulvous sagittiform spots on fore wings. Secondaries as in Asterias." I indicate the important part of this description by ..."

5. The Canadian Entomologist by Charles James Stewart Bethune, W. Saunders, Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), E. B. Reed, Entomological Society of Ontario (1878)
"Below, a (discal) row of large fulvous sagittiform spots on fore wings. Secondaries as in Asterias." I indicate the important part of this description by ..."

6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"A third equally diaphanous, with very long flexible teeth, some of which have a sagittiform termination, an extremely short snout and very (1) The ..."

7. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"The tongue is sagittiform, 6^ twelfths long, with two conical papilla? at the base, soft, fleshy, flat above, horny beneath. Aperture of the glottis 4^ ..."

8. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1841)
"Fore-neck and breast marked with sagittiform spots of blackish-brown; sides under the wings streaked with the same colour. Length 5| inches, extent of wings ..."

9. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"... small sagittiform pituitary space (" basi-cranial fontanelle," bcf), so as to be further forwards than the hind margin of the sub-ocular fenestra (sof). ..."

10. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1879)
"Below, a (discal) row of large fulvous sagittiform spots on fore wings. Secondaries as in Asterias." I indicate the important part of this description by ..."

11. The Canadian Entomologist by Charles James Stewart Bethune, W. Saunders, Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), E. B. Reed, Entomological Society of Ontario (1878)
"Below, a (discal) row of large fulvous sagittiform spots on fore wings. Secondaries as in Asterias." I indicate the important part of this description by ..."

12. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"A third equally diaphanous, with very long flexible teeth, some of which have a sagittiform termination, an extremely short snout and very (1) The ..."

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