ensiform

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ensiform
    adj 1: shaped like a sword blade; "the iris has an ensiform
           leaf" [syn: {ensiform}, {sword-shaped}, {swordlike},
           {bladelike}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ensiform \En"si*form\, a. [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F.
   ensiforme.]
   Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an
   ensiform leaf.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Ensiform cartilage}, & {Ensiform process}. (Anat.) See
      {Xiphisternum}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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