cultrate

or cul·trat·ed

[kuhl-treyt or kuhl-trey-tid]

adjective

sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf.

Origin of cultrate

1855–60; < Latin cultrātus knife-shaped, equivalent to cultr- (stem of culter) knife + -ātus -ate¹

Related formssub·cul·trate, adjectivesub·cul·trat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cultrate

Historical Examples of cultrate

Beak convex, cultrate; nostrils covered by recumbent bristly feathers: 19 species.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus
William MacGillivray
Beak straight, cultrate, the tip a little hooked; the lower mandible with an angular prominence: 11 species.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus
William MacGillivray

British Dictionary definitions for cultrate

cultrate

cultrated

adjective

shaped like a knife bladecultrate leaves

Word Origin for cultrate

C19: from Latin cultrātus, from culter knife

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