Definition of Cuneate leaf

1. Noun. A wedge-shaped leaf having the acute angle at the base.

Generic synonyms: Simple Leaf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuneate Leaf

cunctations
cunctative
cunctator
cunctators
cunctatory
cunctipotent
cundies
cundum
cundums
cundurango
cundy
cuneal
cuneate
cuneate fasciculus
cuneate funiculus
cuneate leaf (current term)
cuneate nucleus
cuneated
cuneately
cuneatic
cuneiform
cuneiform bone
cuneiform bones
cuneiform cartilage
cuneiform cataract
cuneiform lobe
cuneiform tubercle
cuneiformist
cuneiformists
cuneiforms

Literary usage of Cuneate leaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"... passing into the narrow cuneate leaf-base. Petioles of unequal length, rather deeply channelled above. Stem erect, herbaceous, slightly pubescent, ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1906)
"Slenderer plants with many cuneate leaf- bases. Leaves delicate, small for the plant, oblong-acuminate, short-petioled, few furnished with sinus, ..."

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