cultrate

cul·trate

C0800600 (kŭl′trāt′) also cul·trat·ed (-trā′tĭd)adj. Sharp-edged and pointed; knifelike: cultrate leaves.
[Latin cultrātus, from culter, cultr-, knife; see skel- in Indo-European roots.]

cultrate

(ˈkʌltreɪt) or

cultrated

adj (Biology) shaped like a knife blade: cultrate leaves. [C19: from Latin cultrātus, from culter knife]

cul•trate

(ˈkʌl treɪt)

also cul′trat•ed,



adj. sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf. [1855–60; < Latin cultrātus knife-shaped =cultr-, s. of culter knife + -ātus -ate1]