Apiculate

What do we mean by apiculate?

Ending abruptly with a sharp, flexible tip. adjective

In botany, tipped with a short and abrupt point: applied to a leaf or any other part which is suddenly terminated by a distinct point or apiculus.

Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf. adjective

Having a short, sharply pointed tip adjective

(of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip adjective

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Words that are spelled similarly to apiculate:
apiculate, spiculate, aciculate, aspiculate, articulate, capitulate, speculate, peculate, acidulate, auriculate, spinulate, apicular, caliculate, paniculate, apiculated, spiculae, aviculare, aciculite, spirulate, aciculae, apicule, aciculata, niculate.

Adjectives that are often used to describe apiculate:
long, terminal, joint, apex, septate, scales, ovate, conical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective apiculate:
yeasts, yeast, tip, cells, base, leaves, apex, ferment, ends, point, triletes, capsule, tips, apices.

Words that sound like apiculate:
spiculate, aciculate, speculate, piculet, specula, peculate, speculum, speculator, reticulate, speculates, abaculus.