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Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
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To render sharp or keen.
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To end in, or come to, a sharp point.
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apex tapering gradually or abruptly into a narrow point
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Gradually tapering to the apex.
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tapering to form a spine.
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the leaf tapers to a point at the tip or apex
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A leaf tip that narrows at the end to a tapering point.
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produced in form of a small sharp tooth
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Apex of leaf tapering very gradually at tip; long acuminate implies this apical section is particularly prolonged, as in drip tip. Parent Term: Apex_of_leaf_blade Difficulty Level
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make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
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of a leaf shape; narrowing to a slender point
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any part of a plant ending in a sharp point.
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Acute Adventitious
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abruptly narrowing to sharp point
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Gradually tapering to a sharp point and forming concave sides along the tip. [HJ
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gradually tapering to a protracted point.
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a. drawn out into a long point; tapering point.
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taper-pointed
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tapering gradually to sharp point.
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Gradually tapering to a sharp point.   See leaf apex drawings.
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tapering to a slender point
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Coming to a point with concave, curved sides.
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tapering gradually to a protracted point.
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Tapering gradually to a point at the apex.
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Long-tapering to a pointed apex.
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Gradually tapering to a sharp point; point is drawn out.
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Describes an organ(leaves, fruit)that ends in a point.
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Tapering to a narrow point, applied to leaves.
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Tapering concavely to a point.
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refers to leaves that taper to a sharp point at the apex
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Becoming Gradually Pointed (as in a leaf).
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Gradually tapering to a narrow tip or sharp point.
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Tapering to a long point.
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