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obsubulate

obsubulate adjective: very narrow, pointed at the base and widening a little towards the apex.

Adjective

obsubulate (comparative more obsubulate, superlative most obsubulate)

  1. Very narrow, pointed at the base and widening a little towards the apex.

Forms of obsubulate

comparativemore obsubulate
superlativemost obsubulate

Origin of obsubulate

From ob- + subulate.

Questions about obsubulate

What does obsubulate mean?
Obsubulate means very narrow, pointed at the base and widening a little towards the apex.
What part of speech is obsubulate?
Obsubulate is an adjective.

Words near obsubulate in the dictionary

  1. Obsts
  2. obstupefaction
  3. obstupefied
  4. obstupefy
  5. obstupefying
  6. obsubulate
  7. OBT
  8. obtain
  9. obtain'd
  10. obtainability
  11. obtainable

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