Definitions for acuminate

acuminate a·cu·mi·nate

Spelling: [adjective uh-kyoo-muh-nit, -neyt; Acuminate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

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Definitions for acuminate

adjective

  1. Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make sharp or keen.

Origin of acuminate

1595-1605; Latin acūminātus (past participle of acūmināre), equivalent to acūmin- (stem of acūmen) acumen + -ātus -a

Examples for acuminate

The distal end is usually sharply acute, but may approach an acuminate type.

Pinnæ lanceolate, acuminate, the lowest pair deflexed and standing forward; cut into oblong, obtuse segments.

Bill almost straight, acuminate; tail of moderate length, emarginate and rounded.

Anterior surface of cell studded with minute acuminate papillae; posterior surface smooth, sometimes spotted.

Tail short, even, the shafts very strong, and prolonged into acuminate points.

Forty percent have acute distal ends and 60% of the distal ends are acuminate.

Bill rather slender; feathers of the crown and occiput elongated, of the fore part of the back much elongated and acuminate.

Leaves much smaller, less oblique at the base, finely and regularly crenate, acuminate rather than cuspidate.

In the latter work it may be seen that Gov. Colden long ago described the auricles as being “also often acuminate.”

Thirteen percent have acuminate distal ends and 87% have acute distal ends.

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