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ar·row·head

 (ăr′ō-hĕd′)
n.
1. The pointed striking tip of an arrow, typically a knapped, wedge-shaped stone or a fitted metal cap.
2. Something, such as a directional mark on a sign or drawing, having the shape of an arrowhead.
3.
a. Any of various aquatic or wetland perennial plants of the genus Sagittaria, having arrowhead-shaped leaves and panicles of white, unisexual flowers.
b. The edible tubers of various Sagittaria species, especially S. sagittifolia of Eurasia or S. latifolia of North America.
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arrowhead

(ˈærəʊˌhɛd)
n
1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) the pointed tip of an arrow, often removable from the shaft
2. something that resembles the head of an arrow in shape, such as a triangular decoration on garments used to reinforce joins
3. (Plants) any aquatic herbaceous plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp S. sagittifolia, having arrow-shaped aerial leaves and linear submerged leaves: family Alismataceae
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ar•row•head

(ˈær oʊˌhɛd)

n.
1. a usu. wedge-shaped, pointed tip on an arrow.
2. anything resembling or having the conventional shape of an arrowhead.
3. any of various aquatic or bog plants of the genus Sagittaria, water plantain family, with arrowhead-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers.
[1350–1400]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.arrowhead - the pointed head or striking tip of an arrowarrowhead - the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
arrow - a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
barb - a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
tip, peak, point - a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
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Translations
رأس السَّهْمنَبات السَّهْمِيَّـه
hrot šípumaranta třtinová
pilebladpilespids
marantepointe de flèchequeue-d’aronde
nyílhegynyílnyílfű
örvarblaîörvaroddur
hrot šípumaranta trstinová
ok başıok ucuok yapraklı bitki

arrowhead

[ˈærəʊhed] Npunta f de flecha
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arrowhead

arrow-head [ˈærəʊhɛd] npointe f de flèche
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arrowhead

[ˈærəʊˌhɛd] n
a.punta di freccia
b. (Bot) → sagittaria
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

arrow

(ˈӕrəu) noun
1. a thin, straight stick with a point, which is fired from a bow.
2. a sign shaped like an arrow eg to show which way to go. You can't get lost – just follow the arrows.
arrowhead noun
1. a water plant with leaves shaped like an arrowhead.
2. the tip of an arrow, shaped to a point.
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References in classic literature ?
I planted about two acres and a half of upland; and as it was only about fifteen years since the land was cleared, and I myself had got out two or three cords of stumps, I did not give it any manure; but in the course of the summer it appeared by the arrowheads which I turned up in hoeing, that an extinct nation had anciently dwelt here and planted corn and beans ere white men came to clear the land, and so, to some extent, had exhausted the soil for this very crop.
At every mooring-chain and rope, at every stationery boat or barge that split the current into a broad- arrowhead, at the offsets from the piers of Southwark Bridge, at the paddles of the river steamboats as they beat the filthy water, at the floating logs of timber lashed together lying off certain wharves, his shining eyes darted a hungry look.
It is their findings and discoveries based on the science of archaeology that author Lauri Travis introduces readers to in the pages of "Arrowheads, Spears, and Buffalo Jumps: Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Great Plains", thereby shedding light on how field scientists find evidence of people who did not build permanent houses and how researchers determine the age of an arrowhead and what it was used to kill.
by Times News ServiceThree thousand arrowheads and 10 snake carvings were found in Adam.
The Official Overstreet Identification and Price Guide to Indian Arrowheads, 14th edition
"When I'm hunting arrowheads, I'm sometimes competing against another person, but I'm always competing against Mother Nature.
This came to mind as I considered framed collections of rocks, seashells and arrowheads on display in the Cream Hill Agricultural School, a part of the Connecticut Antique Machinery Assn.
They say that simple stone blades make adequate arrowheads; so they might have been used in lightweight projectile weapons as far back as 100,000 years ago, when the blades first appeared.
Bone arrowheads are quite numerous among the archaeological finds of the Late Bronze Age (ca 1100-500 BC) from the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
The latest figures mean more than 2,300 people have been arrested in 10 Operation Arrowheads. 'I'm not in school because I don't have a clean uniform': Oversleeping, illness and not having a clean uniform were just some of the excuses truancy-busters heard when they asked children why they were not in school.
The scanning electron microscopy confirmed that, for some infected cells (15 h postinfection), a large quantity of extracellular virus was present (Figure 2A, arrowheads) on the whole cell surface.