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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
- polybotrya cervina tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
- quercus phellos medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood
- dactylorhiza fuchsii European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
- chamaecytisus palmensis shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder
- nagi medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
- shellflower 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
- hydrilla verticillata submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways