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cuspidate

[ kuhs-pi-deyt ]

adjective

  1. having a cusp or cusps.
  2. furnished with or ending in a sharp and stiff point or cusp:

    cuspidate leaves; a cuspidate tooth.



cuspidate

/ ˈkʌspɪdəl; ˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt /

adjective

  1. having a cusp or cusps
  2. (esp of leaves) narrowing to a point
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuspidate1

1685–95; < New Latin ³¦³Ü²õ±è¾±»åÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, equivalent to Latin cuspid- ( cuspid ) + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuspidate1

C17: from Latin ³¦³Ü²õ±è¾±»åÄå°ù±ð to make pointed, from cuspis a point
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Erect culms and appressed leaves more slender than in the preceding; panicle exserted, very simple and narrow; spikelets smaller, the lower glumes acuminate, little shorter than the cuspidate upper one.

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The sporidia are in one row, spindle-shaped, straight or slightly curved, rough, hyaline, uniseptic, cuspidate, pointed at the ends, 30–38�6–8�.

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The fourth glume is coriaceous, broadly ovate, tip acutely pointed and almost cuspidate or acute, mucronate, white or brownish, reticulately minutely pitted.

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The civets have no less than forty, and the grinders, instead of having cutting scissor-like edges, are cuspidate, or crowned with tubercles.

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Has the sterile segment thicker and cuspidate, the stipe slender and the secondary veins forming a fine network within the meshes of the principal ones.

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