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Cuspidate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUSPIDATE, CUSPIDATED,a. [L., a point.] Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a bristly point; as a cuspidate leaf.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having cusps or points [syn: cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin cuspidatus, past participle of cuspidare to make pointed, from cuspid-, cuspis point Date: 1692 having a cusp ; terminating in a point <a cuspidate leaf> <cuspidate molars>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cuspidate Cus"pi*date (-d?t), v. t. To make pointed or sharp.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cuspidate Cus"pi*date (k?s"p?-d?t), Cuspidated Cus"pi*da`ted (-d?`t?d), a. [L. cuspidatus, p. p. of cuspidare to make pointed, fr. cuspis. See Cusp.] Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also cuspidated) (Bot.) Pointed, acute, sharp, acuminate, acuminated.