Definition of "lance-shaped" [lance-shaped]

• Shaped like a lance; lanceolate.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Peppermint: Peppermint has greenish-purple lance-shaped leaves and has tastes of a cross between pepper and green chlorophyll."
• "Ficus maclellandii, another favorite, "features a warm brown bark and semi-pendant lance-shaped leaves," she said."
• "This is an annual plant with small (1/8″) flowers on spindly reddish stems and narrow lance-shaped green leaves with edges that curl under."