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cultrate

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cul⋅trate

  [kuhl-treyt]
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–adjective
sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf.
Also, cul⋅trat⋅ed.

Origin:
1855–60; < L cultrātus knife-shaped, equiv. to cultr- (s. of culter) knife + -ātus -ate 1
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cul·trate   (kŭl'trāt')   
adj.  Sharp-edged and pointed; knifelike: cultrate leaves.

[Latin cultrātus, from culter, cultr-, knife; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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