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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lanceolate /ˈlɑːnsɪələt/

▶adjective technical of a narrow oval shape tapering to a point at each end.

– origin C18: from late L. lanceolatus, from L. lanceola, dimin. of lancea ‘a lance’.

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