Definition of Hastate leaf

1. Noun. A leaf shaped like a spearhead with flaring pointed lobes at the base.

Generic synonyms: Simple Leaf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hastate Leaf

hast
hasta
hasta la vista
hastas
hastate
hastate leaf (current term)
hastated
hastately
haste
haste makes waste
hasted
hasteful
hastely
hasten
hastened
hastener
hasteners
hastenest
hasteneth
hastening

Literary usage of Hastate leaf

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

1. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... a hastate leaf, with the principal lobe lanceolate; ~ sagittate, a sagittate leaf, the middle lobe lanceolate; lance o'vate (Crozier), lanceolate ovate, ..."

2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"Grade. VIII. VII. VI. and V. IV. III., II. and I. Leaf Studied. Cordate. Hastate. Leaf and Flower. Trilobate Lobed Leaf. as in leaf & flower. Morning Glory. ..."

3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"It is nearly the hastate leaf, only the lobes are smaller and round. In respect of circumference. 23. ..."

4. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1864)
"Lanceolate Narrowly elliptical, tapering to each end. Lanceolate-hastate . A hastate leaf whose principal lobe is lanceolate. ..."

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