arrowhead

English
A late Neolithic arrowhead
Arrowhead (plant, Sagittaria sagittifolia)

Wikispecies

Etymology

arrow +‎ head

Noun

arrowhead (plural arrowheads)

  1. (weapon) The pointed part of an arrow.
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175, page 071:
      Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
  2. (symbol) The pointed part of an arrow.
  3. Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.

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See also
  • elf-arrow
  • leaf-arrowhead
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