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arrowhead
noun
ar·row·head
ˈer-ō-ˌhed 
ˈer-ə-,
ˈa-rō-,
ˈa-rə-
1
: a wedge-shaped piercing tip usually fixed to an arrow
2
: something resembling an arrowhead
3
: any of a genus (Sagittaria) of marsh or aquatic plants of the water-plantain family with leaves shaped like arrowheads
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One grave contained pottery fragments,while another had four flint arrowheads and a flint blade.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
The leaves are dimorphic, with the sterile fronds being heart-shaped and the fertile ones resembling arrowheads.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Excavations unearthed shovels, tools, spears, arrowheads and bamboo baskets.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
Since 2017, Max Morningstar of MX Morningstar Farm near Hudson, N.Y., has been steadily adding arrowhead cabbage to his brassica mix.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
The leaves are dimorphic, with the sterile fronds being heart-shaped and the fertile ones resembling arrowheads.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Excavations unearthed shovels, tools, spears, arrowheads and bamboo baskets.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
Since 2017, Max Morningstar of MX Morningstar Farm near Hudson, N.Y., has been steadily adding arrowhead cabbage to his brassica mix.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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“Arrowhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrowhead. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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arrowhead
noun
ar·row·head
-ˌhed
1
: the wedge-shaped striking end of an arrow
2
: something (as a mark) resembling an arrowhead
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