Hastate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hastate
    adj 1: (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring
           pointed lobes at the base [syn: {hastate}, {spearhead-
           shaped}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hastate \Has"tate\ (h[a^]s"t[asl]t), Hastated \Has"ta*ted\
   (h[=a]s"t[asl]*t[e^]d), a. [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf.
   {Gad}, n.]
   Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal
   angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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