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Hastate
CIDE DICTIONARY
Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Hastate, adj. Bot. triangular like the head of a spear.
Etymology
L hastatus f. hasta spear
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