lancet-shaped

• Adjectif décrivant ce qui a la forme d'un lancet, c'est-à-dire d'un instrument chirurgical pointu ou d'une arcade étroite et en pointe.

An obsolete adjective describing something shaped like a lancet, a sharp, pointed surgical instrument or a narrow, pointed arch.

1. Shaped like a lancetC1formal

   Having a narrow, pointed, and elongated shape, resembling a surgical lancet or a lance.

   en forme de lancette

   • The plant has lancet-shaped leaves that taper to a sharp point.
   • The architect designed lancet-shaped windows for the cathedral.
   • The fossil showed distinct lancet-shaped markings on its surface.

   Synonymeslance-shapedlanceolate