Meaning Acuminate
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Acuminate


a leaf blade tapering to a long, narrow point
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Having a sharp, gradually tapered point. Adult phase
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[Apex of leaf blade] -- Apex of leaf tapering very gradually at tip; long acuminate implies this apical section is particularly prolonged, as in drip tip.
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(v) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point(adj) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
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Leaf-tip tapering to a point – usually with concave sides.
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Tapering to a long point. Adeagus.
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abruptly narrowing to sharp point
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     tapering down to a point.
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<botany> Tapering gradually to a protracted point, used to descibe a leaf that tapers abruptly to a sharp point. (12 Mar 1998)
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Tapering to a narrow point, more tapering than acute, less than attenuate.
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Tapering to a point; pointed. ''acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.'' (botany,mycology) Tapering to a long point at its apex.
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