cuspidate

[ kuhs-pi-deyt ]

adjective

1. having a cusp or cusps.
2. furnished with or ending in a sharp and stiff point or cusp:

   cuspidate leaves; a cuspidate tooth.

cuspidate

/ ˈkʌspɪdəl; ˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt /

adjective

1. having a cusp or cusps
2. (esp of leaves) narrowing to a point

Other Words From

• mul·ti·cus·pi·date adjective
• mul·ti·cus·pi·dat·ed adjective
• non·cus·pi·date adjective
• non·cus·pi·dat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuspidate¹

1685–95; < New Latin cuspidātus, equivalent to Latin cuspid- ( cuspid ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuspidate¹

C17: from Latin cuspidāre to make pointed, from cuspis a point

Example Sentences

Polar spines three-sided prismatic, cuspidate, about as long as the axis of the shell.

From Project Gutenberg

The second glume is broadly ovate acute, rather cuspidate, usually 5-nerved (rarely 7-nerved).

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Basal breadth of all six the same (three times as large as one pore); form, three-sided prismatic, with cuspidate distal end.

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Cuspidate: prickly pointed; ending in a sharp point; with an acuminated point ending in a bristle.

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It is therefore significant that these earlier teeth should be more cuspidate than the later teeth.

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