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 third glume is slightly longer than the second, oblong-ovate, apiculate, 5-nerved and paleate; palea 1/8 inch obtuse.

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

The fourth glume is slightly shorter than the third, oblong or elliptic, apiculate, minutely rugulose, thinly coriaceous, with bisexual flower; palea is similar to the glume in texture and markings.

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

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 first glume is small, oblong, obtuse or apiculate.

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

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