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Definition of Oblong leaf
1. Noun. A simple leaf that is rounded at each end with parallel sides.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblong Leaf
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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