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leaf shape

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. leaf shape, leaf formnoun

    any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume

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  1. Leaf shape

    In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms: ⁕Acicular: Slender and pointed, needle-like ⁕Acuminate: Tapering to a long point ⁕Acute: pointed, having a short sharp apex angled less than 90° ⁕Aristate: Ending in a stiff, bristle-like point ⁕Asymmetrical: With the blade shape different on each side of the midrib ⁕Basal: arising from the crown, bulb, rhizome or corm, etc. as opposed to cauline ⁕Bipinnate: Each leaflet also pinnate ⁕Caudate: tailed at the apex ⁕Cauline: borne on the stem as opposed to basal ⁕Compound: Not simple; the leaf is broken up into separate leaflets, and the leaf blade is not continuous ⁕Cordate: Heart-shaped, with the petiole or stem attached to the cleft ⁕Cuneate: Triangular, stem attaches to point ⁕Deltoid or deltate: Triangular, stem attaches to side ⁕Digitate: Divided into finger-like lobes ⁕Elliptic: Oval, with a short or no point ⁕Entire: having a smooth margin without notches or indentations ⁕Falcate: Sickle-shaped ⁕Fenestrate "windowed" with holes, or window-like patches of translucent tissue.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of leaf shape in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of leaf shape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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