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cu·ne·ate

 (kyo͞o′nē-ĭt, -āt′)
adj.
Wedge-shaped. Used especially to describe a leaf or petal base that is narrowly triangular.

[Latin cuneātus, past participle of cuneāre, to make wedge-shaped, from cuneus, wedge.]

cu′ne·ate′ly adv.
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cuneate

(ˈkjuːnɪɪt; -ˌeɪt) or

cuneatic

adj
(Botany) wedge-shaped: cuneate leaves are attached at the narrow end
[C19: from Latin cuneāre to make wedge-shaped, from cuneus a wedge]
ˈcuneately adv
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cu•ne•ate

(ˈkyu ni ɪt, -ˌeɪt)

also cu′ne•at`ed,



adj.
1. wedge-shaped.
2. (of leaves) triangular at the base and tapering to a point.
[1800–10; < Latin cuneātus, past participle of cuneāre to wedge, become wedge-shaped, derivative of cuneus wedge]
cu′ne•ate•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.cuneate - (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
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LEAF DESCRIPTION: SIMPLE, 2 1/2" to 5" long and half as wide, elliptic shape with serrate or serrulate margins, long acuminate tip with cuneate base.
0.6 cm, tomentose, leaflets 5.5-11 x 3-6.5 cm, concolorous, chartaceous to membranaceous, elliptic or oblong, apex acuminatte, rarely rounded, margins entire, base rounded to cuneate, venation penninerved, both surfaces with tector trichomes restricted on the midrib; tendrils simple.
Cells are large, cuneate, with low, broadly rounded epitheca, much narrower rounded posterior portion of the hypotheca, and nearly straight or slightly convex (sometimes slightly concave) sides of the hypotheca, with coarsely reticulate theca.
Effect of replacing fishmeal with soybean meal on growth, feed utilization and carcass composition of cuneate drum (Nibea miichthioides).
Blood meal (BM), feather meal (FEM), meat and bone meal (MBM) and poultry by-product meal (PBM) have been used effectively in feeds for a variety of fish species, such as rainbow trout (Bureau et al., 2000), red drum (Kureshy et al., 2000), Australian snapper (Quartararo et al., 1998), Nile tilapia (Fasakin et al., 2005), Cuneate drum (Wang et al., 2006), but for major carps species only fish meal is used as animal protein source in their feed.
Leaves alternate; short-petiolate; blades oblong, cuneate to suborbicular, pinnately veined, margin serrulate to spinulose, pubescent.
sessiliflora differs by its broadly elliptic to obovate leaf blades, cuneate at the base, sessile flowers, and shorter tepals.
Epiphytic; rhizomes 3-5 mm diam., compact, horizontal; rhizome scales 5-10 x 0.8-1.5 mm, linear-lanceolate, orange-yellowish, marginally entire; phyllopodia present, 7-12 mm long; fronds 27-40 cm long; stipes 1/5-1/4 of frond length; stipe scales 2-5 x 0.5-1.0 mm, lanceolate, pale to dark brown, marginally entire, more dense on stipe base; blades 22-32 x 2.3-4.0 cm, linear-elliptic, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, basally narrowly cuneate to attenuate, apically long-acute; costal scales in two forms, some 1-2 x 0.8-1.0 mm, ovate-lanceolate, dark brown to blackish, and marginally entire to occasionally short-ciliate, the others ca.
LEAF DESCRIPTION: SIMPLE, 4" to 5" long and one-third as wide, elliptic to obovate shape with cuneate base and acute tip.
Psittacanthus cordatus 9.' Leaves, petiolate, semi-crassous, base cuneate; inflorescences in pseudo-raceme of dyads or triads; flower with corolla reddish 3.