Cuneate

Cuneate [ Botany ]
Synonyms: Cunate, Cuneal, Cuneiform

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	Shaped like a wedge, or narrowly triangular with the narrow part at the point of attachment wider and truncate at the apex.

From the Latin adjective “cuneatus” meaning “wedge-shaped”

(1) Cuneate leaf [ Botany ]
Synonym: Wedge-shaped leaf or Inversely triangular leaf


	(A leaf shape) of a leaf lamina broad and truncate at the summit, narrowly triangular, and tapering toward the base;

(2) Cuneate leaf base [ Botany ]


	A term used to define a type of leaf base. A cuneate leaf base is "inversely triangular" in shape

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