Awl shaped

Awl shaped [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Shaped like an awl; broad at the base tapering gently upward to a slender stiff point.

Especially used in botany to describe the form of plants organ like leaf, spines, scale.

Awl shaped leaf [ Botany ]

A leaflet or leaf shape. Narrowly triangular and sharply pointed, like an awl

Compare with: Scale like and acicular

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