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linear

adj. of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement"

linear

adj. referring to a graph with a straight line

additive

adj. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

elongate

adj. of a leaf shape; long and narrow

straight

adj. having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

narrow, acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped

adj. narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

acuminate

adj. of a leaf shape; narrowing to a slender point

apiculate

adj. of a leaf shape; having a short sharply pointed tip

caudate

adj. of a leaf shape; tapering gradually into a long taillike tip

cordate, heart-shaped

adj. (of a leaf) shaped like a heart

cuneate, wedge-shaped

adj. of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base

deltoid

adj. of a leaf shape; suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex

dolabriform, dolabrate

adj. having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver

elliptic

adj. of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse

ensiform, sword-shaped

adj. shaped like a sword blade; "the iris has an ensiform leaf"

hastate, spearhead-shaped

adj. of a leaf shape; like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base

lanceolate

adj. of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex

lyrate

adj. of a leaf shape; having curvature suggestive of a lyre

obtuse

adj. of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

oblanceolate

adj. of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base

oblong

adj. of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides

obovate

adj. of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base

orbicular, orbiculate

adj. circular or nearly circular

ovate

adj. of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base

pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped

adj. of a leaf shape

peltate, shield-shaped

adj. 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)

perfoliate

adj. of a leaf having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem

reniform, kidney-shaped

adj. of a leaf or bean shape resembling the shape of kidney

sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped

adj. of a leaf shape; like an arrow head without flaring base lobes

spatulate, spatula-shaped

adj. of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base

unlobed

adj. without lobes

planar

adj. involving two dimensions

cubic

adj. having three dimensions

nonlinear

adj. designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree

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