Sword-shaped

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sword-shaped \Sword"-shaped`\, a. (Bot.)
     Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of
     the Iris, cattail, and the like.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sword-shaped
       adj : shaped like a sword blade; "the iris has an ensiform leaf"
             [syn: {ensiform}, {swordlike}, {bladelike}]