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adjective(of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
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- tulip any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
- snakehead showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- turtlehead showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- dragonhead American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers
- nageia nagi medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
- hydrilla submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
- willow oak medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood
- convallaria majalis low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
- turkey oak large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
- arum maculatum common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum