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acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped
narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
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acuminate
(of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
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apiculate
(of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip
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caudate
(of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip
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cordate, cordiform, heart-shaped
(of a leaf) shaped like a heart
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cuneate, wedge-shaped
(of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
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deltoid
triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
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dolabrate, dolabriform
having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver
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elliptic
(of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse
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bladelike, ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike
shaped like a sword blade
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hastate, spearhead-shaped
(of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base
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lancelike, lanceolate
(of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
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elongate, linear
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow
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lyrate
(of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre
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needled
of trees whose leaves are acerate
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two-needled
(of conifers) having two needles
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three-needled
(of conifers) having three needles
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four-needled
(of conifers) having four needles
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five-needled
(of conifers) having five needles
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obtuse
(of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
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oblanceolate
(of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
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oblong
(of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
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obovate
(of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base
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orbicular, orbiculate
circular or nearly circular
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ovate
of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
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fiddle-shaped, pandurate, panduriform
(of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
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peltate, shield-shaped
(of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)
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perfoliate
(of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
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kidney-shaped, reniform
(of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
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arrow-shaped, sagittate, sagittiform
(of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
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spatula-shaped, spatulate
(of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
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unlobed
without lobes
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simple
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
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smooth
of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
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compound
composed of more than one part
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bilobate, bilobated, bilobed
having two lobes
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binate
growing in two parts or in pairs
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bipartite
divided into two portions almost to the base
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bipinnate
of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)
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bipinnatifid
pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid
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cleft, dissected
having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
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conjugate
(of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets
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decompound
of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound
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abruptly-pinnate, even-pinnate, paripinnate
(of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
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incised
sharply and deeply indented
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lobate, lobed
having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other
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imparipinnate, odd-pinnate
(a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex
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palm-shaped, palmate
of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point
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palmatifid
of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed
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parted
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
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pedate
of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided
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pinnate, pinnated
(of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis
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pinnatifid
(of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
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pinnatisect
(of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
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quinquefoliate
(of a leaf shape) having five leaflets
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radiate
having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
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ternate
(of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections
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trifoliate, trifoliated, trifoliolate
(of a leaf shape) having three leaflets
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three-lobed, trilobate, trilobated, trilobed
(of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes
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tripinnate, tripinnated
(of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate
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tripinnatifid
(of a leaf shape) bipinnatifid with segments pinnatifid
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complex
complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
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smooth
of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
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rough
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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