English

A late Neolithic arrowhead

Arrowhead (plant, Sagittaria sagittifolia)

Wikispecies

Noun

arrowhead ‎(plural arrowheads)

1. (weapon) The pointed part of an arrow.
   • 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapterII:

     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.

Synonyms

• (Sagittaria): duck potato, wapato

Translations

See also

• elf-arrow
• leaf-arrowhead