HASTATE


Meaning of HASTATE in English

— hastately , adv.

/has"tayt/ , adj. Bot.

(of a leaf) triangular or shaped like an arrow, with two spreading lobes at the base.

[ 1780-90; hastatus armed with a spear, equiv. to hast ( a ) spear + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .