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cuneate

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cu·ne·ate  (kyn-t, -t)
adj. Botany
Wedge-shaped. Used especially to describe a leaf or petal base that is narrowly triangular.
[Latin cunetus, past participle of cunere, to make wedge-shaped, from cuneus, wedge.]
cune·ately adv.
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cuneate
cuneate leaf
cuneate [ˈkjuːnɪɪt -ˌeɪt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) wedge-shaped: cuneate leaves are attached at the narrow end
[from Latin cuneāre to make wedge-shaped, from cuneus a wedge]
cuneately  adv
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Adj.1.cuneate - (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
wedge-shaped
unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
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