acuminate

acuminate

 [ah-ku´mĭ-nāt]

sharp-pointed.

a·cu·mi·nate

(ă-kyū'mi-nāt),

Pointed; tapering to a point.

[L. acumino, pp. -atus, to sharpen]

acuminate

/acu·mi·nate/ (ah-ku´mĭ-nāt) sharp-pointed.

acuminate

(ə-kyo͞o′mə-nĭt, -nāt′)

adj.

Tapering gradually to a sharp point, as the tips of certain leaves.

tr.v. (-nāt′) acumi·nated, acumi·nating, acumi·nates Archaic

To sharpen or taper.

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a·cu′mi·na′tion n.

acuminate

[ə·kyo̅o̅′mi·nāt]

Etymology: L, acuminatus

1 sharp-pointed.

2 to sharpen something or to make it tapered.

a·cu·mi·nate

(ă-kyū'mi-nāt)

Tapering to a point.

[L. acumino, pp. -atus, to sharpen]

acuminate

(of leaves) tapering to a point, narrowing sharply towards the tip and then less sharply near the point.

a·cu·mi·nate

(ă-kyū'mi-nāt)

Pointed; tapering to a point.

[L. acumino, pp. -atus, to sharpen]

acuminate

sharp-pointed.