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cuspidate

[ kuhs-pi-deyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having a cusp or cusps.
furnished with or ending in a sharp and stiff point or cusp:
cuspidate leaves; a cuspidate tooth.

cuspidate

/ ˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt; ˈkʌspɪdəl /

1685–95; < New Latin cuspidātus, equivalent to Latin cuspid- ( cuspid ) + -ātus -ate ¹

C17: from Latin cuspidāre to make pointed, from cuspis a point

Polar spines three-sided prismatic, cuspidate, about as long as the axis of the shell.

The second glume is broadly ovate acute, rather cuspidate, usually 5-nerved (rarely 7-nerved).

Basal breadth of all six the same (three times as large as one pore); form, three-sided prismatic, with cuspidate distal end.

Cuspidate: prickly pointed; ending in a sharp point; with an acuminated point ending in a bristle.

It is therefore significant that these earlier teeth should be more cuspidate than the later teeth.

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