oblanceolate

1. 1.

   (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base

   Similarsimple

Questions about oblanceolate

What does oblanceolate mean?

oblanceolate means "(of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base".

How many syllables are in oblanceolate?

oblanceolate has 5 syllables and divides as o-blan-ce-o-late under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is oblanceolate a common word?

oblanceolate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.