cuneate, a.
(ˈkjuːniːət)
[ad. L. cuneāt-us wedge-shaped, f. cuneāre to make wedge-shaped, f. cuneus wedge.]
Made in the form of a wedge, wedge-shaped, as cuneate leaf, a leaf with a truncated end, tapering gradually to the stipule.
| 1810 Asiatic Res. XI. 343 Lip obovate-cuneate. 1860 Tyas Wild Fl. 73 The leaves of the stem are cuneate. 1884 E. J. Lowe in Times 8 Dec. 10 The shape [of the meteor] was circular in front, and cuneate behind (bluntly conical). |
b. Comb., as cuneate-tailed adj.; also adverbially prefixed to another adj., as cuneate-lanceolate.
| 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 347 Leaves narrowly cuneate-obovate or -lanceolate. 1881 M. G. Watkins in Acad. 27 Aug. 163/1 The cuneate-tailed gull. |
Hence ˈcuneately adv., in the form of a wedge, wedge-wise.