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subulate

[ soo-byuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

, Biology.
  1. slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.


subulate

/ ˈsuːbjəlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. (esp of plant parts) tapering to a point; awl-shaped
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of subulate1

1750–60; < New Latin sūbulātus, equivalent to Latin sūbul ( a ) awl + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of subulate1

C18: from New Latin subulatus like an awl, from Latin sūbula awl
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Example Sentences

Receptacle convex to subulate, chaffy, the scarious chaff not embracing the smooth dorsally compressed achenes.

Receptacle convex to globose, beset with bristle-like or subulate or short and soft chaff.

Style undivided or 2-cleft only at the apex; stigmas 2, linear-filiform to subulate or ovate.

Involucral leaves numerous, equitant; perianth ovate-subulate or narrowly fusiform, 3-angled, deeply 6–8-lobed.

Leaves succubous, semi-vertical, circular, or ovate and pointed; underleaves subulate.

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