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Shield-shaped   /ʃild-ʃeɪpt/   Listen
Shield-shaped

adjective
1.
(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).  Synonym: peltate.






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"Shield-shaped" Quotes from Famous Books



... the ground (Fig. 17). This bud is deftly cut from the current year's growth of the desired variety; it grows in the axil of a leaf (Fig. 15). The leaf is removed but a small part of the stalk or petiole is retained with the bud to serve as a handle. A boat-shaped or shield-shaped piece of bark is removed with the bud. This piece, known technically as a "bud," is inserted in an incision on the stock, so that it slips underneath the bark and next the wood, with only the bud itself showing in the slit; it is then ...
— The Apple-Tree - The Open Country Books—No. 1 • L. H. Bailey



Words linked to "Shield-shaped" :   unsubdivided, peltate, simple



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