spearhead-shaped

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spearhead-shaped - (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base

hastate

unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

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When the trigger was pulled to the rear, this lug fit securely within spearhead-shaped notches sited outside each chamber.

JAPANESE TYPE 26 REVOLVER: THOUGH IT SOLDIERED THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS, IMPERIAL JAPAN'S TYPE 26 HAMMERLESS MAY HAVE BEEN THE WORST REVOLVER EVER MADE--OR WAS IT?

The stem sprouts branches bearing a spearhead-shaped leaf, quite different in shape from that of the groundbound vine,.

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That `basic' plant in the tired old mint patch is likely to be spearmint, Mentha spicata or viridis, named for the spearhead-shaped leaves, though often sold as green mint these days.