Apiculate Definition

ə-pĭkyə-lĭt
adjective
Ending abruptly with a sharp, flexible tip.
An apiculate leaf.
American Heritage
Ending abruptly in a small point, as some leaves.
Webster's New World
(botany, of a leaf) Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
Wiktionary

Origin of Apiculate

  • From New Latin apiculus sharp point diminutive of Latin apex apic- point

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin apiculatus

    From Wiktionary

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