Having leaves shaped like a curved sword or acinaces; bearing crescent-shaped or sword-like foliage.
From 'acinaces' plus the Latin '-folious' (having leaves). A variant of 'acinacifoliate,' this term is synonymous and describes the same sword-shaped leaf characteristic in plants.
Both 'acinacifoliate' and 'acinacifolious' mean the same thing, showing how botanists sometimes created duplicate terms—science has a surprising amount of synonymy that even experts sometimes don't realize!
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