Definitions
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- adjective (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base
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Examples
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She was swimming toward the white spearhead-shaped rock.
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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The lovely green spearhead-shaped leaves are ramps – a wild cousin to leeks.
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Growing out of the water were spearhead-shaped leaves and white three-petaled flowers that darkened to purple at the center, and she knew the starchy tuber of the plant was filling and good.
The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990
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A typical "giant" spearhead-shaped crystal is only about four microns long, which means that hundreds would fit on the period at the end of this sentence.
YubaNet.com 2008
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A typical "giant" spearhead-shaped crystal is only about four microns long, which means that hundreds would fit on the period at the end of this sentence.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2008
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The lake, a spearhead-shaped water body which at its maximum can cover close to 600 square km, has been almost totally dry since the 1970s.
YubaNet.com 2008
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A typical sample of the "giant" spearhead-shaped crystal measures about four microns long †"meaning about a hundred would fit at the period end of a sentence, the researchers note.
The Register 2008
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