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acuminate

DEFINITIONS OF: acuminate

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adj (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point

Synonyms
simple, unsubdivided
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

v make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point

Type of:
point, sharpen, taper
give a point to
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