acuminate
Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
to make sharp or keen.
Origin of acuminate
1Other words from acuminate
- a·cu·mi·na·tion, noun
- sub·a·cu·mi·nate, adjective
- sub·a·cu·mi·na·tion, noun
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How to use acuminate in a sentence
The lesions begin as pin-head, waxy-looking, rounded or acuminated elevations, gradually attaining the size of small peas.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonIrritating secretions are thought to be causative in the acuminated variety.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonHow would you distinguish the large acuminated-pustular syphiloderm from acne and variola?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonApex more or less acuminated; width and thickness variable; sides strongly furrowed.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) | Charles DarwinTerga rather broad, with the basal angle not much acuminated.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) | Charles Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for acuminate
narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
(tr) to make pointed or sharp
Origin of acuminate
1Derived forms of acuminate
- acumination, noun
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