apiculate

American  

[uh-pik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / əˈpɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany.

1. tipped with a short, abrupt point, as a leaf.

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apiculate British  

/ əˈpɪkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. (of leaves) ending in a short sharp point

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Etymology

Origin of apiculate

From the New Latin word apiculātus, dating back to 1820–30. See apiculus, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The nodding, lenticular, umbilicate sporangium, barely attached to the apiculate stipe, is sufficient to distinguish this elegant little species, recognized and quite aptly characterized by mycologists for more than one hundred years.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

The second glume is longer than the first, linear-lanceolate, acute, occasionally 2-toothed and apiculate, 1-veined about 1/4 inch long and with a smooth keel.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The third glume is apiculate, hardened in fruit.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The spores are globose and smooth, often apiculate.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

P. conico-campan. striate, apiculate, pale rufous brown, apex blackish; g. nearly free; s. cartilaginous, semipellucid, equal. juncea, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George