subulate

[ soo-byuh-lit, -leyt ]

/ ˈsu byə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.

Origin of subulate

1750–60; < New Latin sūbulātus, equivalent to Latin sūbul(a) awl + -ātus -ate¹

Stipules nearly free, subulate, or very narrow, usually deciduous.

Parsons on the Rose |Samuel Browne Parsons
The pharyngeal teeth are subulate and acute, and of unequal heights.

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. |J Lort Stokes
Receptacle convex to subulate, chaffy, the scarious chaff not embracing the smooth dorsally compressed achenes.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray
Tentacula depressed, subulate, at the external base of which are the eyes.

Zoological Illustrations, Volume II |William Swainson

The leaf-sheath is glabrous or slightly hairy, the upper ones being shorter and dilated into spathes with subulate tips.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

subulate

/ (ˈsuːbjəlɪt, -ˌleɪt) /

(esp of plant parts) tapering to a point; awl-shaped

C18: from New Latin subulatus like an awl, from Latin sūbula awl