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acuminate

adjective as in pointed

verb as in sharpen

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Forty percent have acute distal ends and 60% of the distal ends are acuminate.

The distal end is usually sharply acute, but may approach an acuminate type.

Thirteen percent have acuminate distal ends and 87% have acute distal ends.

At the base they are covered with large ovate-acuminate brown or sometimes dark and shining scales.

In the latter work it may be seen that Gov. Colden long ago described the auricles as being “also often acuminate.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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