In botany, having leaves shaped like a spear or javelin; narrow and pointed with wider lobes at the base.
From Latin 'hasta' (spear) + 'foliatus' (having leaves). This botanical term combines the classical Latin for spear with the botanical suffix indicating leaf shape.
Botanical Latin terms like 'hastifoliate' show how scientists across countries can use the same descriptive language—a plant with hastilfoliate leaves is immediately recognizable to botanists worldwide without translation!
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