unsubdivided
Adjective
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(botany) of leaf shapes;
Of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions (synset 302173903)also:similar to:- 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
- three-needled - (of conifers) having three needles
- four-needled - (of conifers) having four needles
- five-needled - (of conifers) having five needles
- obtuse - (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
- oblanceolate - (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
- oblong - (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
- obovate - (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base
- orbicular, orbiculate - circular or nearly circular
- ovate - of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
- fiddle-shaped, pandurate, panduriform - (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
- 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)
- perfoliate - (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
- kidney-shaped, reniform - (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
- arrow-shaped, sagittate, sagittiform - (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
- spatula-shaped, spatulate - (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
- unlobed - without lobes
same as: simple
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