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UNSUBDIVIDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsubdivided mean? 

UNSUBDIVIDED (adjective)
  The adjective UNSUBDIVIDED has 1 sense:

1. (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisionsplay

  Familiarity information: UNSUBDIVIDED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSUBDIVIDED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

Synonyms:

simple; unsubdivided

Similar:

ovate (of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base)

three-needled ((of conifers) having three needles)

four-needled ((of conifers) having four needles)

five-needled ((of conifers) having five needles)

obtuse ((of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex)

oblanceolate ((of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base)

oblong ((of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides)

obovate ((of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base)

orbicular; orbiculate (circular or nearly circular)

acerate; acerose; acicular; needle-shaped (narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves)

fiddle-shaped; pandurate; panduriform ((of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center)

peltate; shield-shaped ((of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example))

perfoliate ((of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem)

kidney-shaped; reniform ((of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney)

arrow-shaped; sagittate; sagittiform ((of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes)

spatula-shaped; spatulate ((of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base)

unlobed (without lobes)

needled (of trees whose leaves are acerate)

acuminate ((of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point)

apiculate ((of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip)

caudate ((of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip)

cordate; cordiform; heart-shaped ((of a leaf) shaped like a heart)

cuneate; wedge-shaped ((of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base)

deltoid (triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex)

dolabrate; dolabriform (having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver)

elliptic ((of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse)

bladelike; ensiform; sword-shaped; swordlike (shaped like a sword blade)

hastate; spearhead-shaped ((of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base)

lancelike; lanceolate ((of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex)

elongate; linear ((of a leaf shape) long and narrow)

lyrate ((of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre)

two-needled ((of conifers) having two needles)

Also:

simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)

smooth (of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)


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