shield-shaped

Definitions of shield-shaped
  1. adjective
    (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)
    synonyms: peltate
    simple, unsubdivided
    (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
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