Oblanceolate
/ob-LAN-see-oh-layt/🍃 Leaf Shapes●● Intermediate
A leaf shape that is the reverse of lanceolate — narrower at the base and broadest above the middle, tapering to a pointed or rounded apex. Think of a lanceolate leaf flipped upside down.
Etymology
From Latin ob- (reverse) + lanceolatus (lance-shaped).
Example
“Many rosette-forming plants have oblanceolate basal leaves.”