lanceoloid
English
Adjective
lanceoloid (comparative more lanceoloid, superlative most lanceoloid)
- (botany) Three-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.
- 1987 December 1, “Carex socialis (Cyperaceae): A New Record for the Atlantic Coastal Plain”, in Castanea, volume 52, number 4, page 311:
- Carex rosea generally has ovoid-lanceoloid perigynia with a length-width ratio of 2.0-2.5:1, and is non-rhizomatous as well.