accuminate
accuminate adjective: tapering to a point.
Adjective
accuminate (comparative more accuminate, superlative most accuminate)
- Tapering to a point.
- In both species the anthers show a shade more color than the petals. The flowers differ further in the sepals, which in Canadeuse are more accuminate, and in the bractlets of the calyx, which are rather larger in flavum.1897, Columbia University. Dept. of Botany, Contributions from the Department of Botany of Columbia University
Verb
accuminate (third-person singular simple present accuminates, present participle accuminating, simple past and past participle accuminated)
- To taper to a point.
- Sometimes the bevelling planes stretch so far towards the apex of the crystal that the accuminating planes are scarcely visible.1810, The American mineralogical journal, volume 1
- The merus joints are oblong, shorter than the ischium, with the distal fourths quickly accuminating to obtuse median apices, beneath which the carpal joints are articulated, only a portion of them being exposed.1906, Royal Society of South Australia, Transactions, volume 30
Forms of accuminate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more accuminate |
| superlative | most accuminate |
| alternative form | acuminate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | accuminates |
| present participle | accuminating |
| past participle | accuminated |
| past | accuminated |
Questions about accuminate
- What does accuminate mean?
- Accuminate means tapering to a point.
- What part of speech is accuminate?
- Accuminate can be an adjective or a verb.
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