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单词 cuneate
释义 cuneate, a.|ˈkjuːniːət|
[ad. L. cuneāt-us wedge-shaped, f. cuneāre to make wedge-shaped, f. cuneus wedge.]
Made in the form of a wedge, wedge-shaped, as cuneate leaf, a leaf with a truncated end, tapering gradually to the stipule.
1810Asiatic Res. XI. 343 Lip obovate-cuneate.1860Tyas Wild Fl. 73 The leaves of the stem are cuneate.1884E. J. Lowe in Times 8 Dec. 10 The shape [of the meteor] was circular in front, and cuneate behind (bluntly conical).
b. Comb., as cuneate-tailed adj.; also adverbially prefixed to another adj., as cuneate-lanceolate.
1870Hooker Stud. Flora 347 Leaves narrowly cuneate-obovate or -lanceolate.1881M. G. Watkins in Acad. 27 Aug. 163/1 The cuneate-tailed gull.
Hence ˈcuneately adv., in the form of a wedge, wedge-wise.
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