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UNSUBDIVIDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
Synonyms:
simple; unsubdivided
Classified under:
Similar:
unlobed (without lobes)
spatula-shaped; spatulate ((of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base)
arrow-shaped; sagittate; sagittiform ((of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes)
kidney-shaped; reniform ((of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney)
perfoliate ((of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem)
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))
fiddle-shaped; pandurate; panduriform ((of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center)
ovate (of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base)
orbicular; orbiculate (circular or nearly circular)
obovate ((of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base)
oblong ((of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides)
oblanceolate ((of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base)
obtuse ((of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex)
five-needled ((of conifers) having five needles)
four-needled ((of conifers) having four needles)
three-needled ((of conifers) having three needles)
acerate; acerose; acicular; needle-shaped (narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves)
acuminate ((of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point)
apiculate ((of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip)
caudate ((of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip)
cordate; cordiform; heart-shaped ((of a leaf) shaped like a heart)
cuneate; wedge-shaped ((of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base)
deltoid (triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex)
dolabrate; dolabriform (having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver)
elliptic ((of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse)
bladelike; ensiform; sword-shaped; swordlike (shaped like a sword blade)
hastate; spearhead-shaped ((of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base)
lancelike; lanceolate ((of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex)
elongate; linear ((of a leaf shape) long and narrow)
lyrate ((of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre)
needled (of trees whose leaves are acerate)
two-needled ((of conifers) having two needles)
Also:
smooth (of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth)
simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
