Definition of "subulate" [su•bu•late]

• Biology Tapering to a point; awl-shaped: a subulate leaf. (adjective)

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• "AUSTRALIS, but the leaflets are fewer and smaller, and the subulate glands of that species are wanting. —"
• "If the anthers are pulled, the filaments are separated from them and remain as subulate white pointed processes."
• "Dianthoides, several Astragali, one with the pinnulae dentato serratis, petiola spinosa, a tufted Monocotyledonous plant with terete canaliculate subulate leaves, _Salvia_, Gramen alterum, Composita dislocata,"