acuminate.

Narrowing gradually into a long, slender point.

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Words that belong together

• an acuminate leaf
• an acuminate tip
• an acuminate apex

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The leaves were acuminate, their long tips hanging beyond the broader blades.

Each scale ended in an acuminate point rather than a rounded edge.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually non-gradable shape adjective; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.