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  • 31acuminate — a.; (also acuminated) (Bot.) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated …

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  • 32cuspidate — a.; (also cuspidated) (Bot.) Pointed, acute, sharp, acuminate, acuminated …

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  • 33piked — a. Acuminated, pointed …

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  • 34pointed — a. 1. Peaked, sharp, acuminated, picked. 2. Personal, distinct, marked, explicit. 3. Epigrammatic, keen, poignant …

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  • 35thorny — a. 1. Spiny, spinose, spinous, prickly, briery. 2. Pricking, sharp, pointed, acuminated, picked, spiky, barbed. 3. Troublesome, vexatious, annoying, harassing, perplexing, difficult, rugged, trying …

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  • 36acuminate — adjective /əˈkjumənət/ (say uh kyoohmuhnuht), / eɪt/ (say ayt) 1. Botany, Zoology, etc. pointed; tapering to a point. –verb (t) /əˈkjuməneɪt/ (say uh kyoohmuhnayt) (acuminated, acuminating) 2. to make sharp or keen. {Latin acūminātus, past… …

  • 37acuminate — [ə kyo͞o′mə nit; ] for v. [, ə kyo͞o′mənāt΄] adj. [L acuminatus, pp. of acuminare, to sharpen < acumen: see ACUMEN] pointed; tapering to a point [an acuminate leaf] vt. acuminated, acuminating to make sharp or pointed acumination n …

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