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cuneate

[ kyoo-nee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

  1. having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
  2. (of leaves) triangular at the base and tapering to a point.


cuneate

/ ˈkjuːnɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. wedge-shaped: cuneate leaves are attached at the narrow end
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Š³Ü²Ô±ð²¹³Ù±ð±ô²â, adverb
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  • ³Š³Ü·²Ô±ð·²¹³Ù±ð·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuneate1

1800–10; < Latin ³Š³Ü²Ô±ðÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, equivalent to ³Š³Ü²Ô±ðÄå ( re ) to wedge, secure by wedging, become wedge-shaped + -tus past participle suffix; -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuneate1

C19: from Latin ³Š³Ü²Ô±ðÄåre to make wedge-shaped, from cuneus a wedge
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To make matters worse, the cuneate nucleus is nestled in the brain stem, surrounded by vital brain regions that, if damaged, can lead to death.

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Finely pubescent and roughish, 3–7° high; leaves sessile, ovate-oblong, acute, triply-nerved above, the broadly cuneate base, serrulate; scales loose, attenuate, mostly 6–8®® long, hairy.

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Leaves.—One to three inches in diameter; deeply three- to five-cleft, or barely parted into obovate or cuneate divisions.

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At the time of metamorphosis, young are dark brown with specks of black and with a dark, cuneate, leaflike middorsal mark.

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Var. mollis has the shoots densely pubescent; leaves large, slender-petioled, cuneate, cordate or truncate at base, usually with acute narrow lobes, often rough above, and more or less densely pubescent beneath.

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