ADJECTIVE
- (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)
How To Use shield-shaped In A Sentence
- The plaque in the center bears the monogram ‘MA’ for Marie Antoinette, and on both sides above the portraits a fleur-de-lis is set against a shield-shaped blue ground.
- Peltate was defined as a "shield-shaped, scutiform. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
