hastate
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- hastately adverb
Etymology
Origin of hastate
1780–90; < Latin hastātus armed with a spear, equivalent to hast ( a ) spear + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Leaves: Alternate, variable, sometimes very large, broad, hastate, ovate, or heart-shaped, wavy-toothed, lobed, or palmately cleft; upper leaves smaller, lance-shaped, entire.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje
The hastate leaves are shapely, and the whole plant is charming when grown away from dust.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Leaves hastate or triangular-ovate, entire or with many teeth — 7. 7a.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan
The leaves are doubly hastate or halberd shaped, and somewhat wrinkled: the lower ones measure from twelve to fourteen inches in length, and from six to eight in breadth.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing
Principal leaves with a broad truncate, rounded, or hastate base — 6.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan
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