leaves

Question 1

acicular

Answer 1

needle-shaped

Question 2

cordate

Answer 2

of the shaped of the stylized heart, with the petiole attached between the basal lobes

Question 3

deltoid

Answer 3

the shape of an equilateral triangle

Question 4

elliptic

Answer 4

oval, the ends rounded and widest at the middle

Question 5

falcate

Answer 5

sickle-shaped

Question 6

hastate

Answer 6

more or less arrowhead-shaped, but with the basal lobes divergent

Question 7

lanceolate

Answer 7

lance-shaped, several times longer than wide; the sides curved, with the blade broadest below the middle

Question 8

linear

Answer 8

several times longer than wide; the sides more or less parallel

Question 9

obcordate

Answer 9

as in the cordate leaf, but the petiole attached at the point of the heart

Question 10

oblanceolate

Answer 10

as in the lanceolate leaf, but the petiole attached at the narrow end

Question 11

oblong

Answer 11

about two or three times longer than broad; rectangular with rounded corners

Question 12

obovate

Answer 12

as in ovate, but the petiole attached at the narrow end

Question 13

orbicular

Answer 13

circular or nearly so

Question 14

oval

Answer 14

broadly elliptic, the length less than twice the width

Question 15

ovate

Answer 15

the shape of the longitudinal section through a chicken’s egg, with the petiole attached at the broad end

Question 16

reniform

Answer 16

kidney-shaped or bean-shaped

Question 17

sagittate

Answer 17

arrowhead-shaped

Question 18

spatulate

Answer 18

spatula-shaped

Question 19

ciliate

Answer 19

with fine hairs on the margin

Question 20

crenate

Answer 20

scalloped, the teeth blunt

Question 21

dentate

Answer 21

with coarse angular teeth directed outward at right angles to the margin

Question 22

denticulate

Answer 22

finely dentate

Question 23

entire

Answer 23

not in any way indented, the margin featureless

Question 24

serrate

Answer 24

with coarse saw-like teeth which post forward

Question 25

serrulate

Answer 25

finely serrate

Question 26

sinuate

Answer 26

wavy in and out, in the plane of the blade

Question 27

acute

Answer 27

apex formed by two straight margins meeting at less than 90 degrees

Question 28

acuminate

Answer 28

an acute apex whose sides are concave and taper to an extended point

Question 29

aristate

Answer 29

an abrupt, hard, bristle-like point (awn)

Question 30

attenuate

Answer 30

the apex drawn out into a long gradual taper

Question 31

emarginate

Answer 31

with a shallow notch at the apex

Question 32

mucronate

Answer 32

with a hard, short abrupt point (mucro)

Question 33

obtuse

Answer 33

apex formed by two lines which meet at more than a right angle

Question 34

rounded

Answer 34

the apex gently curved

Question 35

truncate

Answer 35

the apex appearing chopped off

Question 36

glabrous

Answer 36

without hairs

Question 37

glaucous

Answer 37

covered with a whitish waxy bloom

Question 38

punctuate

Answer 38

dotted with pin-point impressions or translucent dots

Question 39

rugose

Answer 39

wrinkled

Question 40

viscid

Answer 40

sticky

Question 41

floccose

Answer 41

with tufts of soft hairs which rub off easily

Question 42

tomentose

Answer 42

densely and softly matted

Question 43

glandular

Answer 43

hairs with swollen tips, gland-bearing

Question 44

hispid

Answer 44

with long, rigid, bristly hairs

Question 45

hirsute

Answer 45

with rough or coarse, more or less erect hairs

Question 46

pilose

Answer 46

with sparse, slender, soft hairs

Question 47

puberulent

Answer 47

minutely canescent (fine hairs)

Question 48

pubescent

Answer 48

downy; the hairs short soft, and erect

Question 49

scabrous

Answer 49

rough to the touch because of coarse, stiff, ascending hairs

Question 50

strigose

Answer 50

hairs sharp, appressed (close together), rigid, and often swollen at the base

Question 51

villous

Answer 51

shaggy; the hairs long, slender, soft, but not matted