acutishadj.
/əˈkjuːtɪʃ/, U.S. /əˈkjudɪʃ/ Chiefly Botany.
Somewhat acute.
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1783 E. Darwin et al. tr. Syst. Veg. I. 381 [Mespilus canadensis] Unarm'd, leaves egg-oblong smooth saw'd acutish.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 510 Tooth..acutish, not incurved.
1861 E. J. Lowe Ferns 24 Pinnules oblong, obtuse or acutish.
1895 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22 47 Floral scales, linear, 6cm. long, acutish.
1918 N. Amer. Flora 32 288 The calyx-lobes subulate to broadly deltoid, usually acutish.
1957 E. C. Ogden in Fassett's Man. Aquatic Plants (rev. ed.) Revision App. 368 Submersed leaves with petioles 2–13 cm. long... apex acutish but not sharp-pointed.
2000 Flora Neotropica 81 134/1 Corolla lemon yellow, funnelform... tube 1.5-2 mm long, lobes 1-1.5 x 0.5-0.9 mm, oblong, acutish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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