subulate

American  

[soo-byuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈsu byə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Biology.

1. slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.

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subulate British  

/ ˈsuːbjəlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of plant parts) tapering to a point; awl-shaped

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Etymology

Origin of subulate

1750–60; < New Latin sūbulātus, equivalent to Latin sūbul ( a ) awl + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Upper leaves.—Lanceolate, or linear and entire; sessile; uppermost diminished into remote, subulate bracts.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

P. thin, globose-campan. exp. glabrous, striate; g. adnate, broad; s. subulate from thickened base, downy below.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Creeping; leaves uniformly deeply lobed, the lobes and usually the sinus acute; underleaves comparatively small, the lobes subulate; cells small; monœcious; antheridia solitary in the upper axils.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

In this species there are rudimentary subulate petals, alternate with the calyx-lobes.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Nearly smooth; leaves oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrate; bracts linear-lanceolate and subulate, conspicuous.—Wet places; in all cultivated districts.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa