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narrow-leaved, a.
Also 7 leafed.
That has narrow leaves. Chiefly in plant-names (see quots.).
1629Parkinson Parad. 182 It may fitly bee called a narrow leafed Flowerdeluce. 1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus Wks. (Bohn) II. 548 Why coniferous trees are tenuifolious or narrow-leafed? 1754Catesby Nat. Hist. Car. I. 69 The narrow-leaved Candle-berry Myrtle. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Lavender, There are two sorts, distinguished by the names of lavender spike, and common narrow leaved lavender. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. (1776) I. 13 The narrow⁓leaved Plantane is greedily eat by horses and cows. 1833in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. i. 29 Narrow-leaved Ever⁓lasting Pea. 1859Miss Pratt Brit. Grasses 22 Narrow⁓leaved Cotton-grass. 1879Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 46 Caterpillars which live on or among narrow-leaved plants. |