Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Ending abruptly with a sharp, flexible tip.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, tipped with a short and abrupt point: applied to a leaf or any other part which is suddenly terminated by a distinct point or apiculus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, of a leaf Having a short, sharply pointed tip
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The _second glume_ is longer than the first, linear-lanceolate, acute, occasionally 2-toothed and apiculate, 1-veined about 1/4 inch long and with a smooth keel.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _fourth glume_ is slightly shorter than the third, oblong or elliptic, apiculate, minutely rugulose, thinly coriaceous, with bisexual flower;
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The second glume is oblong or oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, chartaceous, 3-nerved and with a perfect flower; palea is as long as the glume, 2-nerved.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _third glume_ and the succeeding flowering glumes are ovate-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, with sub-marginal lateral veins; _palea_ are broadly oblong with silkily ciliate keels.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Leaves 3-6 x 2-3 cm, ovate or elliptic-oblong, apiculate, rounded at base, sub-coriaceous.
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Oogonia not apiculate; antheridial branches always from the oogonial branches A. racbmosa.
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_first glume_ is small, oblong, obtuse or apiculate.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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May 12, 2008