hastate

150 pxHastate leaf form.

Meaning

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a spear.
Shaped similarly to a halberd, with pointed lobes pointed outward from the base.

Origin

From Middle English hastate, from Latin hastātus ("armed with a spear"), from hasta + -ātus.

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