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\"\"<\/a>(Of a plane shape) longer than broad, with the margins parallel for most of their length. (There is confusion about this term: many authors seem to regard it as including rounded ends; about as many others (including the authoritative 1962 Taxon article on plane shapes) only mean the term to include \u2018quite a bit longer than wide\u2019 (Taxon specifies 1.5\u20132\u00d7 as long as wide).<\/p>\n

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Shaped more or less like a geometric rectangle (other than a square).<\/p>\n

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Rectangular, with nearly parallel margins, about two times as long as wide.<\/p>\n

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Two to four times longer than wide, with sides parallel or nearly so.<\/p>\n

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Rectangular and longer than wide, the extent roughly two to three times the breadth.<\/p>\n

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About two or three times longer than broad; rectangular with rounded corners.<\/p>\n

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Much longer than broad.<\/p>\n

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Having an elongated shape.<\/p>\n

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The length is greater than the width, and the sides are more or less parallel.<\/p>\n

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In botany, the shape of a leaf or any other flat plant organ that does not taper to each end, and of which the length is no more than about 8 times the width. An oblong leaf, unlike the oblong (or rectangle) of geometry, may have ends that are rounded to some degree.<\/p>\n

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