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

Other Words From

• mul·ti·cus·pi·date adjective
• mul·ti·cus·pi·dat·ed adjective
• non·cus·pi·date adjective
• non·cus·pi·dat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuspidate¹

1685–95; < New Latin cuspidātus, equivalent to Latin cuspid- ( cuspid ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuspidate¹

C17: from Latin cuspidāre to make pointed, from cuspis a point

Example Sentences

Low, 3–12´ high, often spreading; spikes few-flowered, often with but 2 or 3 perigynia; perigynium short, inflated, very blunt, nearly globose or obovate; scale short, not prominently cuspidate or the upper ones wholly blunt.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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