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sagittate

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sag⋅it⋅tate

  [saj-i-teyt]
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–adjective
shaped like an arrowhead.
Also, sa⋅git⋅ti⋅form  [suh-jit-uh-fawrm, saj-i-tuh-] .

Origin:
1750–60; < NL sagittātus. See Sagitta, -ate 1
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adj.   Biology
Having the shape of an arrowhead: sagittate leaves; sagittate shells.

[Latin sagitta, arrow + -ate1.]
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