Meaning & use
Cuneate
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Wedge-shaped, tapering to a point at the base; used especially in botany to describe the shape of a leaf.
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The plant's cuneate leaves narrow sharply where they meet the stem.
Botanists use the term "cuneate" to describe leaf bases shaped like a wedge.
A note on using this word
From the Latin "cuneus," meaning "wedge" — the same root that gives us "cuneiform," the ancient wedge-shaped writing system.
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wedge-shaped
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