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lanceoloid

lanceoloid adjective: three-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.

Adjective

lanceoloid (comparative more lanceoloid, superlative most lanceoloid)

  1. Three-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.
    • Carex rosea generally has ovoid-lanceoloid perigynia with a length-width ratio of 2.0-2.5:1, and is non-rhizomatous as well.1987 December, “Carex socialis (Cyperaceae): A New Record for the Atlantic Coastal Plain”, in Castanea, volume 52, number 4, page 311

Forms of lanceoloid

comparativemore lanceoloid
superlativemost lanceoloid

Questions about lanceoloid

What does lanceoloid mean?
Lanceoloid means three-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.
What part of speech is lanceoloid?
Lanceoloid is an adjective.

Words near lanceoloid in the dictionary

  1. lanceolately
  2. lanceolates
  3. lanceolation
  4. lanceolations
  5. lanceolin
  6. lanceoloid
  7. lanceoporid
  8. lanceoporids
  9. lanceotoxin
  10. lancepesade
  11. lancepesades

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