| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cu·ne·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ky  n - t, - t |
| ADJECTIVE: | Botany Wedge-shaped. Used especially to describe a leaf or petal base that is narrowly triangular. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin cunetus, past participle of cunere, to make wedge-shaped, from cuneus, wedge. | | OTHER FORMS: | cune·ately —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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