sword-shaped

Tapered to point

Sword-shaped describes something long, narrow, and pointed like a blade—tapering to a tip with roughly parallel edges.

The term appears most often in botany for leaves with this form: sword-shaped iris leaves, the sword-shaped fronds of a fern.

The technical term is ensiform.

botanical

leaf

Plant's photosynthetic organ

  • frondLarge, segmented plant blade
  • bladeFlat cutting edge
  • irisEye's pigmented disc

gladiolus · yucca · agave · daylily · cattail · flax · palm · aloe · bromeliad · dracaena

anatomical

appendage

Projecting body part

  • finAquatic propulsion appendage
  • scaleMeasure of relative size
  • featherBird's body covering

antenna · mandible · ovipositor · tusk · claw · spine · elongated · pointed · bilateral · tapered

decorative

ornamental

For beauty, not function

  • motifRecurring thematic element
  • designPurposeful creative planning
  • ironworkObjects shaped from heated metal

grille · finial · gate · railing · fence · architectural · gothic · medieval · heraldic · emblem

Categories
Opposites
geometric form

sword-shapedrounded

Having no sharp angles

oval · circular · spherical · orbicular · globular

edge profile

sword-shapedblunt

Dull or tactlessly direct

rounded · obtuse · truncate · broad · spatulate

Family

sword, shaped, swords, swordsman, swordsmen, swordsmanship, swordlike, shape, shapes

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G