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hastate

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has⋅tate

  [has-teyt]
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–adjective Botany.
(of a leaf) triangular or shaped like an arrow, with two spreading lobes at the base.
Origin:
1780–90; < L hastātus armed with a spear, equiv. to hast(a) spear + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
has⋅tate⋅ly, adverb
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has·tate   (hās'tāt')   
adj.   Botany
Having the shape of an arrowhead but with the basal lobes pointing outward at right angles: hastate leaves.

[From Latin hasta, spear.]
has'tate'ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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