They seldom exceed 1in. in diameter, and are of various forms, as heart-shaped, sagittate, oval, tri-lobed, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The leaves are large, numerous, ovate-sagittate, from ten to eleven inches long, and nearly five inches in width; the radical leaves are slightly blistered, and of a dark, shining green color. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Tannia plants can reach a height of about 2 m and have a short erect stem and large, long-stalked sagittate or hastate leaves, which differ from those of Colocasia in that the leaf stalk joins the blade at the margin between the lobes. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
An arum, with a woody stem, and with large sagittate leaves, rose in the very middle of a pool the temperature of which was 70°. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
An arum, with a woody stem, and with large sagittate leaves, rose in the very middle of a pool the temperature of which was 70 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
In such a site in the temperate zone, the cyperaceous and gramineous plants would have formed vast meadows; here the soil abounded in aquatic plants, with sagittate leaves, and especially in basil plants, among which we noticed the fine flowers of the costus, the thalia, and the heliconia. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
Bases acuminate: coming to a sharp, narrow, prolonged point. acute: coming to a sharp, but not prolonged point. auriculate: ear-shaped cordate: heart-shaped with the norch away from the stem. cuneate: wedge-shaped. hastate: shaped like an halberd and with the basal lobes pointing outward. oblique: slanting. reniform: kidney-shaped but rounder and broader than long. rounded: curving shape. sagittate: shaped like an arrowhead and with the acute basal lobes pointing downward. truncate: ending abruptly with a flat end, that looks cut off. From Wordnik.com. [Wikibooks - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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