hastate
/ˈhæsteɪt/
adjective
- Shaped like a spearhead, with pointed lobes at the base; used especially to describe leaves.
- The drawing showed a hastate leaf shape, wide at the base and narrowing to a tip.
- Many species of arrowhead have hastate leaves that taper to a point.
- The botanist identified the plant by its hastate leaves with sharp basal lobes.