单词 | cuspidate |
释义 | cuspidateadj. Having a cusp or sharp point: spec. (a) Botany (of leaves) ending in a rigid point or spine; (b) applied to the canine teeth, each of which ends in a single point; a name first given by J. Hunter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having a pointed end sharp-pointed1565 mucronated1657 cuspidate1693 mucronate1776 pointleted1783 mucronulated1806 apiculate1830 mucronulate1836 the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > having particular shape creviced1558 bladed1578 curled1578 purled1578 rank-toothed1578 fingered1597 cultellated1657 pounced1681 reduced1682 cuspidate1693 frontated1719 cuspidated1731–7 subrotund1753 acerose1760 hastate1760 involute1760 oblique1760 acerousc1789 strap-spear-shaped1796 immarginate1800 submarginate1807 replicate1812 toothleted1812 angustate1826 palaceous1832 bicrenate1835 basisolute1847 replicative1852 frontate1855 hastile1857 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [adjective] > crown and parts cuspidate1693 coronary1823 multicuspid1838 quadricuspid1839 multicuspidate1841 quadricuspidate1841 cuspidal1867 intracoronal1940 1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 157 Parasentesis..a Perforation of the Chest and Abdomen through a cuspidate Channel. 1771 J. Hunter Nat. Hist. Human Teeth 47 I choose to divide them [teeth] into the four following classes, viz. Incisores, commonly called Fore Teeth; Cuspidati, vulgarly called Canine; Bicuspides, or the first two Grinders; and Molares, or the three last Teeth.] 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. iv. 385 Cuspidate, tapering gradually in to a rigid point. It is also used sometimes to express abruptly acuminate. 1848 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes (new ed.) 485 Long cuspidate branches. 1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cuspidate teeth, the canine teeth, so called from their shape. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † cuspidatev. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. To sharpen to a point. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > make pointed [verb (transitive)] thorn1483 acuminate1611 cuspidate1623 spiculate1623 spike1688 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Cuspedate, to sharpen. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cuspidate, to point or make sharp at the end. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1693v.1623 |
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