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sagittate, a. Bot. and Zool.|ˈsædʒɪteɪt|
[ad. mod.L. sagittātus, f. L. sagitta arrow: see -ate2.]
Shaped like an arrow-head.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1776) 191 Sagittate, Arrow⁓shaped; when they [sc. leaves] are triangular, hollowed at the Base, and furnished with Angles at the lower Part. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxiii. (1794) 324 [Woad has] the stem-leaves sagittate or shaped like the head of an arrow. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 262 Sagittate... Arrow-shaped. Triangular, hollowed out at the base with posterior angles. 1840Swainson Malacol. 390 Shell very much compressed,..sagittate. 1864Gray in Reader 30 Apr. 559/2 The linear or elongated and sagittate anthers, and petals with long canaliculate claws. 1872Coues Key N. Amer. Birds 195 With sagittate dusky marks on the sides. |