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Leaf shapes


Leaves vary in shape.

Dissected
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Elliptic
Orbicular
A dissected leaf
A heart-shaped leaf
An elliptic-shaped leaf
An orbicular-shaped leaf
Hastate (arrowhead-shaped)
Reniform (kidney-shaped)
Cuneate (wedge-shaped)
Lanceolate
A hastate-shaped leaf A reniform-shaped leaf A wedge-shaped leaf A lanceolate-shaped leaf
Linear
Oblong
Obovate
Ovate
A linear-shaped leaf An oblong-shaped leaf An obovate-shaped leaf An ovate-shaped leaf

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