apiculate

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adjective

Having a short, sharply pointed tip.

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OriginLatin apiculatus →
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Meanings

adjectiveapiculate (comparative more apiculate, superlative most apiculate)

comparative more apiculate · superlative most apiculate

  1. biologyHaving a short, sharply pointed tip.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip

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simpleunsubdivided
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinapiculatus
  2. Englishapiculate

Latin apiculatus

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Translations

Catalan apiculat
  • apiculathaving a short, sharply pointed tip
Finnish lyhytsuippuinen
  • lyhytsuippuinenhaving a short, sharply pointed tip
French apiculé
  • apiculéhaving a short, sharply pointed tip
Portuguese apiculado
  • apiculadohaving a short, sharply pointed tip

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with apiculate

particulatearticulategeniculatematriculatereticulateaciculateauriculatecorticogeniculatedenticulateextrageniculatefasciculateintergeniculateintrageniculateorbiculatepaniculatepediculatereticulogeniculateretinogeniculateretrogeniculatesuprageniculatevermiculate
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Cite this entry
APA

apiculate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apiculate

MLA

“apiculate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apiculate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apiculate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apiculate.

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