wedge-shapedadj.
/ˈwɛdʒʃeɪpt/, U.S. /ˈwɛdʒˌʃeɪpt/ Shaped like a wedge, cuneiform; Botany and Zoology = cuneate adj.
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wedged1552
cuneal1578
wedge-like1594
coin-formed1600
cuneiform1677
feather-edged1703
cuneated1727
wedge-shaped1790
wedgy1799
cuneate1810
wedge-form1822
wedge-formed1822
1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 143 The Anomalous Hornbill... The tail is long and wedge-shaped.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 843 Leaves wedge-shaped.
1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 24/2 The rafters to be of wood..and the section to be wedge-shaped.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) i. 10 If very much wider at the point than at any other part, they [leaves] are cuneate or wedge-shaped.
1867 Schele de Vere Studies in English 10 The wedge-shaped inscriptions of Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes.
1893 J. Tuckey tr. B. Hatschek Amphioxus 90 Changing to high and sharply pointed wedge-shaped cells.
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