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In botany, the following terms are used to describe the shape of plant leaves: cordate leaf Acicular: slender and pointed Alternate (alternifolia): Arranged alternately Bipinnate (bipinnata): Each leaflet also pinnate Cordate (cordata): Heart-shaped, stem attaches to cleft Cuneate: Triangular, stem attaches to point Deltoid: Triangular, stem attaches to side Digitate (digitata): Divided into finger-like lobes Elliptic (elliptica): Oval, with a short point Falcate: sickle-shaped Flabellate: Semi-circular, or fan-like Hastate: shaped like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base Lance-shaped, lanceolate (lanceolata): Long, wider in the middle elliptic leaf Linear: Long and very narrow Lobed (lobata): With several points Obcordate: Heart-shaped, stem attaches to tapering point Oblanceolate (oblanceolata): Top wider than bottom Obovate: Teardrop-shaped, stem attaches to tapering point Opposite (oppositifolia): Leaves opposite one another Orbicular: Circular Ovate (ovata): Oval, egg-shaped, with a tapering point Palmate (palmata): Divided into many lobes Peltate (peltata): Rounded, stem underneath Perfoliate (perfoliata): Stem through the leaves Pinnate (pinnata): Two rows of leaflets odd pinnate : pinnate with a terminal leaflet paripinnate, even-pinnate : pinnate lacking a terminal leaflet Pinnatisect (pinnatifida): Cut, but not to the midrib Reniform: Kidney-shaped Rhomboid (rhomboidalis): Diamond-shaped Rosette: Leaves in close rings Round (rotundifolia): Circular Spatulate, spathulate (spathulata): Spoon-shaped Spear-shaped (hastata): Pointed, with barbs Subulate: Awl-shaped deltoid leaf Sword-shaped (ensiformis): Long, thin, pointed Trifoliate, ternate (trifoliata): Divided into three leaflets Tripinnate (tripinnata): Each leaflet divided into three Unifoliate : with a single leaf Whorled: In circles round the stem Categories: Botany

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